ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [53]
Gātha 51
The man devoid of fear and compassion, pointlessly wishes to kill all, and desires endlessly in this life enjoyment of pleasures which are frightful, like the serpent. Also, the overtly sensuous man cannot get the divine pleasures in his next-life (in heaven, etc.). Fie on the wretch who desires for that which is censured by the saints! It is right; which despicable activity is not possible by the man whose mind is besieged by the great demons of lust and anger? He engages mindlessly in all sorts of deplorable activities.
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