ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [38]
Gātha 36
Every living being carries in him that deep pit of desires in which the world (all sense-objects) appears to be just like an atom. This be the case, how much can each living being get? Almost nothing. It is, therefore, futile to carry desires for the sense-objects.
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