BHAJA GOVINDAM "Hammer Blows to Delusion" : Slokam - 16.
======================================================================== ========================================================================= Sunday, December 04, 2022. 06:00. Slokam-16 Fooled by Austerity ========================================================================= Slokam - 16: Fooled by Austerity With Translation : 1 agre vanhih prishthe bhaanuh = In front is the fire, at the back the sun; 2 raatrau chubuka samarpita jaanuh; = at night he sits with knees held to his chin; 3 karatala bhikshas-taru-tala-vaasah= with a tree as shelter, his alms in his palms – 4 tadapi na munchaty-aashaa paashah.= yet the noose of Desire spares him not! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhashyam (Vyakyanam ) : This slokam depicts the other extreme – utter self-denial – in the hope that it will exhaust all desire. Aversion, as opposed to indulgence, is attempted. If some have discovered t