earning money, fulfilling Social duty etc.) ; it is in
all respects free from any anxious fear (i.e. about
one's expenditure, foodbstores. etc.) ; it destroys wicked price, egotism, and impatience ;
it eradicates the manifold evils of worldly existence ; it is easily available anywhere any day
without efforts ; it is the beloved of the holy
1rmen ; it is a purification by itself ; it is as the
inexhaustible feeding-house of Siva, access to
which none can prevent.
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भोगे रोगभयं कुले च्युतिभयं वित्त नृपालाद्भयं |
31 . In enjoyment, there is the fear of disease ; in social position, the fear of falling-off; in wealth, the fear of (hostile) kings ; in honour, the fear of humiliation ; in power, the fear of foemen ! in beauty, the fear of old age ; in scriptural erudition, the fear of opponents ; in virtue , the fear of traducers ; in body, the fear of death. All the things of this world pertaining to man are attended with fear ; renunciation alone stands for fearlessness.
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आक्रान्तं मरणेन जन्म जरसा चात्युज्वलं यौवनं |
