Apr 26, 2008

yadi te nāśucau rāgaḥ...

One more verse from Bodhicaryāvatāra:

yadi te nāśucau rāgaḥ kasmādāliṅgase 'param /
māṃsakardamasaṃliptaṃ snāyubaddhāsthipañjaram // Bca_8.52 //

If you are not attracted by impure, then why you embrace another [who is just] a cage(pañjara-) of bones(asthi-) tied(baddha-) by tendons(snāyu-) besmeared(saṃlipta-) with the dirt(kardama-) which is flesh(maṃsa-)?