ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [222]
Gātha 221
The large pit of deceitfulness is pitch-dark with delusion, and dreadful cobras of passions (kaṣāya), like anger (krodha), live hidden in its depth. One should be scared of this pit of deceitfulness.
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