Vairagya Shatakam

Vairagya Shatakam

by Bhartṛhari

Vairagya Shatakam is a collection of 100 verses by the ancient Indian poet Bhartrihari. The verses explore the themes of renunciation, desire, and the search for meaning in life. Bhartrihari argues that the endless pursuit of desires only leads to suffering, and that true happiness can only be found through renunciation and the realization of one's true nature.

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1: Condemnation of desire
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2: Futile efforts to give up sense-objects
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3: Condemnation of the poverty of a supplicant attitude
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4: Delineation of the evanescence of enjoyments
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5: Description of the working of Time, or the principle of change
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6: A comparison as to how a monk stands to a king
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7: Control of mind by stimulating wisdom in it
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8: Discrimination of the immutable reality from the mutable
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9: Worship of Siva
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10: The way of life of a realized ascetic
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