Samganimittam marai, bhanai aliam karei corikkam.
Sevai mehuna
muccham, apparimanam kunai jivo. (140)
Owing to
attachment, a person commits violence, tells lies, commits theft, indulges
in sex and develops a with for unlimited hoarding. (140)
Cittamantamacittam va, parigijjha kisamavi.
Annam va
anujanai, evam dukkha na muccai. (141)
A person who
hoards even the slightest amount of an animate or inanimate thing or gives
consent to some one for hoarding, will not escape from misery. (141)
Je mamaiya
matim jahati, se jahati mamaiyam.
Se hu
ditthapahe muni, jassa natthi mamaiyam. (142)
Whoever frees
himself from the instinct of possessiveness, can renounce his possession.
A monk who has nothing of his own has really seen the path (of
liberation). (142)
Micchattavedaraga, taheva hasadiya ya chaddosa.
Cattari taha
kasaya, caudasa abbhantara gantha.
Bahirasamga
khettam, vatthu dhanadhannakuppabhandani.
Dupayacauppaya
janani, keva sayanasane ya taha. (143-144)
Attachment of
possessiveness is of two kinds; internal and external. The internal
possessiveness is of fourteen kinds (1) worong belief, (2) Sexual desire
for women, (3) Sexual desire for man, (4) Sexual desire for both, (5)
Laughter, (6) Liking, (7) Disliking, (8) Grief, ( 9) Fear, (10) Disgust,
(11) Anger, (12) Pride, (13) Deceit and (14) Greed.
The external
possessions are ten: (1) Fields, (2) Houses, (3) Wealth and
food-grains, (4) Stock of house-hold goods. (5) Utensils, (6) male or
female slaves (7) Animals, (8) Vehicles, (9) Beddings and (10) Seats.
(143-144)
Savvaganthavimukko, subhuo pasantacitto a.
Jam pavai
muttisuham, Na cakkavatti vi tam lahai. (145)
One who is
completely free from all possessiveness, is calm and serene in his mind
and attains bliss of emancipation which even an emperor cannot obtain.
(145)
Ganthaccao
imdiya-nivarane amkuso va hatthissa.
Nayarassa
khaiya vi ya, indiyagutti asamgattam. (146)
The
renunciation of attachment is useful for controlling the sense-organs as
the driver's hook is useful for controlling an elephant and the ditch for
protecting a town. Certainly, the control of sense-orgains is the same
thing as freedom from all possession. (146)
