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Vaiagya Shatakam

Bhartrhari

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Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the endless desires which when satisfied fetches him nothing but the desires again. It concludes saying how these insatiable desires mislead the man from knowing his real nature-omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience!

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Tegu lõppjäreldusega 5. sajandi Vana-India askeetluuletaja n-ö kolmikteosesele "Śatakatraya" (शतकत्रय). Varasemas elus pyhendab ta sada värsirida nii lihalikule armastusele ("Śṛṅgāraśataka", शृङ्गारशतक) kui ilmalikule tarkusele ("Nītiśataka", नीतिशतक), kuid jõuab vanemaks-kogenumaks saades veendumus

Bhartrihari, a Hindu philosopher. Of noble birth, Bhartrihari was attached for a time to the court of the Maitraka king of Valabhi, where most likely his taste for sensuous living and material possessions was formed. Following the example of Indian sages, he believed he had to renounce the world for

Oh, meel, miks eksled asjatult? Puhka kuskil.
Kõik mis sünnib, sündima peab,

iseenesest, või mööda mõnd teist rada.
Mina ei mäleta minevikku
ega
kavanda tulevikku,
võtan naudinguid nõnda, kui saabuvad nad.

Ega mõtle nende üle.

India askeedi mõtisklused ilma, ilu, võimu ja elu kaduvuse üle.
Suplusele Brartha

100 Sanskrit Shlokas by King Bharthari after he sees the futility of falling in love and possessing all the things he wanted. It is an entire treatise on condemnation of desire and the pathological narcissism it triggers. Riveting read.

भोगा न भुक्ता वयमेव भुक्ताः
तपो न तप्तं वयमेव तप्ताः ।
कालो न यातो

Each of these hundred verses is an axe blow at materialistic achievement. The book is best enjoyed in a single sitting. When the verses concluded one cannot help but wonder how far human greed has made has strayed away from the natural order of life.