इच्छा हु आगाससमा अणंतया
Human desires are infinite like an ocean
Infinite Desires
Why are we unhappy? We are unhappy because we desire something. What does this mean? Desires in itself are sorrowful. It means that there is only pain until there are desires. Whosoever desires for more and more, is always unhappy. Why are these desires born? Continue reading “Infinite Desires” »
Attachment and distrees
लुप्पंति बहुसो मूढा, संसारम्मि अणंतए
Usually, ignorant perish in the everlasting world
Be friendly
मेत्तिं भूएसु कप्पए
Be friendly with all living beings
Otherwise No Moksha
कडाण कम्माण न अत्थि मोक्खो
Liberation is not possible without reaping the consequences of your actions
Take no interest in enmity
वैराइं कुव्वइ वेरो,
तओ वेरेहिं रज्जति
तओ वेरेहिं रज्जति
An enemy nurtures enmity and takes interest only in that
The ignorant
अं जणं खिंसइ बालपे
Ignorant teases others
Pain and desire
दुक्खं हयं जस्स न होइ मोहो,
मोहो हओ जस्स न होइ तण्हा
मोहो हओ जस्स न होइ तण्हा
Who is detached, his pain is destroyed; who has no desire, his attachment is extinct
Neither satisfaction, nor contentment
देवावि सइंदगा न तित्तिं न तुट्ठिं उवलभन्ति
Gods (devatas including Indras, their chief, who live in the heavens) also are neither satisfied nor contented with sense gratification
Violence is the basis of Karma
कम्ममूलं च जं छणं
‘Chana’ word is made of those roots, which mean violence. As it is this word has many meanings – fourth part of blinking act, festival, opportunity etc; but in this verse, its appropriate meaning seems to be violence. Continue reading “Violence is the basis of Karma” »
Who is ignorant ?
बालो पापेहिं मिज्जति
Ignorant boasts of his sins
