ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [59]
Gātha 57
O worthy soul! Has not the terrible assembly of evil-karmas, like a colony of the bees, stung and wounded the vitals of the man? Has his body not been set ablaze, for a long time, by the flames of the fire of suffering? Has he not heard the dreadful sound of the thundering bugles of death? Then why does he not give up the delusion-generated slumber that is sure to give rise to grief?
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