Tattvabodha 1.2

Tattvabodha - Verse 1.2

Sanskrit

विरागः कः ? इहस्वर्गभोगेषु इच्छाराहित्यम् ।

Transliteration

virāgaḥ kaḥ ? ihasvargabhogeṣu icchārāhityam .

Translation

What is dispassion? It is the absence of desire for the enjoyment of pleasures both in this world and in the heavenly worlds.

Word-for-Word

virāgaḥ (dispassion/detachment) kaḥ (what is?), iha-svarga-bhogeṣu (in the enjoyments of this world and heaven) icchā-rāhityam (the state of being without desire/absence of desire).

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