Vivekachudamani 311
dehātmanā saṃsthita eva kāmī
vilakṣaṇaḥ kāmayitā kathaṃ syāt |
ato'rthasandhānaparatvameva
bhedaprasaktyā bhavabandhahetuḥ |
(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 311)
He alone who has identified himself with the body is greedy after sense-pleasures. How can one, devoid of the body-idea, be greedy (like him)? Hence the tendency to think on the sense-objects is verily the cause of the bondage of transmigration, giving rise to an idea of distinction or duality.
vilakṣaṇaḥ kāmayitā kathaṃ syāt |
ato'rthasandhānaparatvameva
bhedaprasaktyā bhavabandhahetuḥ |
(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 311)
He alone who has identified himself with the body is greedy after sense-pleasures. How can one, devoid of the body-idea, be greedy (like him)? Hence the tendency to think on the sense-objects is verily the cause of the bondage of transmigration, giving rise to an idea of distinction or duality.
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