Ashtavakra Gita Verse 10.3
यत्र यत्र भवेत्तृष्णा संसारं विद्धि तत्र वै। प्रौढवैराग्यमाश्रित्य वीततृष्णः सुखी भव॥३॥
3. Know that to be the world wherever there is desire. Cultivating strong dispassion, go beyond the desire and be happy.
Our Rishis and Masters are never tired of repeating this idea which is a Realised Truth, a recognised rational fact. If we are not able to stand away from the enchantments of our desires then we would pathetically pursue for their fulfilment, thereby making life a miserable tragedy for ourselves and for others.
In Bhāgavata describing Piṅgalā, the prostitute, the Rishi says: ‘Desire indeed is the supreme source of sorrow; desirelessness the source of extreme happiness. Just as in the case of Piṅgalā when she destroyed her passion and anxiety for men, she slept peacefully.’ (āśā hi paramaṁ duḥkhaṁ nairāśyaṁ paramaṁ sukham, yathā sañchidya kāntāśāṁ sukhaṁ suṣvāpa piṅgalā. ~ Bhāgavata-11.8.44)
In Yogavāsiṣṭha also we find an elaborate metaphor painted in words to drive home the very same truth of life: ‘The individual ego, riding in the chariot of the mind, pulled by the horses of sense organs, wanders all over the world, driven by its charioteer desire.’ (manoratha rathārūḍhaṁ yuktamindriyavājibhiḥ, bhrāmyatyeva jagatkṛtsnaṁ tṛṣṇāsārathicoditam.
~ Yogavāsiṣṭha)
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