ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [167]
Gātha 166
Even a child, apprehending injury, is fearful of falling down from his elevated bedstead. It is, however, highly surprising that the ‘wise’ ascetic is not fearful of falling down, on his own doing, from the high of austerities (tapa), higher than the summit of the three worlds.
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