Karika 40
ग्लानिर्बलुष्टिका देहे तस्याश्चाज्ञानतः सृतिः । तदुन्मेष विलुप्तं चेत् कुतः सार्याद हेतुका ॥
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Languor is the weakening of the body, and its origin is ignorance. If that [languor] is destroyed by the flash of [divine] consciousness, from where can any cause for sorrow arise? The text identifies the root of human suffering not as…
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