ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [92]
Gātha 91
O old-man! Your ears have turned deaf as if not wishing to hear the offending words of others. Your eyes have turned blind as if not able to see your disgusting condition. Your body, too, is trembling intensely as if out of fear of the approaching death. It is a great surprise that in this old body that is like the house on fire, you continue to live unruffled.
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