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 OR THE HUNDRED VERSES ON RENUNCIATION 23

ocean (of the fear) of the world, attach your mind to Brahman.

��the great fear of finding yourself hound by the world attended with so much afflictions and yet finding no way out of it,

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��37. In the womb man- lies within impure matter in discomfort with limbs cramped ; in early life, enjoyment is tainted with the' intense suffering of mental distraction arising; from separation from our beloved ; even old age (is undesirable), being the object of con- temptible laughter from women. (Then) oh ! men, say if there is a particle of happiness in the world,

[The idea is that all the stages of life, begmmftg from the embryo, are not worth living, attended as Jiey are with serious drawbacks.]

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