Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 13, Verse 12: On Impermanence
Chapter 13 · Verse 12
On Impermanence
बन्धाय विषयासङ्गो मुक्त्यै निर्विषयं मनः । मन एव मनुष्याणां कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः ॥
bandhāya viṣayāsaṅgo muktyai nirviṣayaṃ manaḥ | mana eva manuṣyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ bandhamokṣayoḥ ||
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“Attachment to sense objects binds; a mind free of them liberates. The mind alone is the ca…”
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