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for your bhikshA (alms given to a Sanyasi) as may suffice for one
meal. The bee is killed for his storing.
The Bhikshu shall not touch a woman though made of wood,
even with his feet. The elephant is shewn a female and is drawn
into a trap. The woman is the death of the sage. He should never
approach her. The elephant seeking a female is killed by stronger
elephants.
The miser neither gives nor enjoys his riches. What ever he
collects with difficulty is carried away by some one else. The collec-
tor of honey carries away the honey collected by others. He does
not make it by his own effort. The Sanyasi without any effort of
his own gets food from the Grihasthas, as it is their duty to feed him.
Do not hear vulgar songs. The deer is attracted by songs and
is entrapped.
The love of taste is to be conquered above all, for it is most
difficult to conquer. When the sense of taste is controlled, all other
senses are controlled. The fish is killed when tempted by the bait.
Pingla, a courtezan of Videha waited the whole day for some
lover who might come and make presents to her, with breathless
expectation. The night approached and she grew restless She then
thought within herself: "For what a trifle, am I so uneasy. Why
not seek Isvara, the eternal giver of all pleasures and all desires."
She gave up all hopes and expectations that troubled her ere long and
became happy. She had good sleep in the night. It is hope that
gives us trouble. Without hope we are happy.
When the bird kurara (ospreyj gets some flesh to eat, the
stronger birds kill him. He is happy when he renounces the flesh.
Renunciation of dear objects is good for the sage.
The child has no sense of honor or dis-honor. It has not the
thoughts of a man of the world. It is self content and it plays with
self. I roam about like the child. The child is however ignorant,
but the sage crosses the limits of the Gunas.
Some people came to select a bride. The maid was alone in
the house. She received the men who came. She went to a solilary
place to beat off the impurities of the rice for their meal. She had
shell-made bracelets on her wrists. These made a great noise. She
felt disgust and broke the bracelets one by one, till only one
remained on each hand. When there are two or more at one place,
they cause a jarring sound, and they quarrel. I have therefore earned
solitariness from the maid.
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