ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [81]
Gātha 80
O worthy soul! Why do you get attracted to the female-body that only the ignorant consider difficult to get? The female-body is like the cluster of flames that burns down all your merit (happiness), and a dreadful door that leads to miseries of the infernal regions. And, has not the same female-body you have bestowed favours on repeatedly wronged you by its adverse conduct?
[next … gātha 81 → … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/471/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-82]
