ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [57]
Gātha 55
Anguished, as if by the scorching and blinding rays of the unrelenting summer sun, by the senses, and athirst for sense-pleasures, the man loses his sense of discrimination. As he gets anguished seeking the desired pleasures, he engages himself in sinful activities. His anguish on not getting hold of the desired pleasures is akin to the anguish of the powerless ox who, thirsty for water, gets entrapped in the deep mire at the edge of a piece of water.
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