"Some people, (though) having gross desires,
Exhaust themselves with work all day long
And, coming home (at night), their bodies spent,
Drop down asleep like the dead."
keciddināntavyāpāraiḥ pariśrāntāḥ kukāminaḥ
gṛhamāgatya sāyāhne śerate sma mṛtā iva
केचिद्दिनान्तव्यापारैः परिश्रान्ताः कुकामिन:
गृहमागत्य सायाह्ने शेरते स्म मृता इव
Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra 8.73
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Exhaust themselves with work all day long
And, coming home (at night), their bodies spent,
Drop down asleep like the dead."
keciddināntavyāpāraiḥ pariśrāntāḥ kukāminaḥ
gṛhamāgatya sāyāhne śerate sma mṛtā iva
केचिद्दिनान्तव्यापारैः परिश्रान्ताः कुकामिन:
गृहमागत्य सायाह्ने शेरते स्म मृता इव
Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra 8.73
#buddyzm #bodhisattvacaryavatara
I do nothing constructive, then what course will I have
When completely struck dumb by the sufferings
In the worse rebirth states?
(19) If, while not doing anything constructive,
I continue to build up negative karmic force,
Then for hundreds of millions of eons
I won’t even hear the words “better rebirth state.”
(20) Because of just this, the Vanquishing Master has