ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [198]

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    Gātha 197

     

    The anguished forest-dwelling deer, out of fear of the lion and other animals, shift at night, for their safety, near a village. It is a pity that in this kali age (the fifth period, called duṣamā), the anguished forest-dwelling ascetics, out of fear, shift at night, for their safety, near a village.

     

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