Shloka 9
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
स्निग्धत्वात् तिलवत् सर्व चक्रेडस्मिन् पीड्यते जगत् । तिलपीडैरिवाक्रम्य भोगैरज्ञानसम्भवै:,जैसे तेली लोग तेलसे युक्त होनेके कारण तिलोंको कोल्हूमें पेरते हैं, उसी प्रकार यह सारा जगत् आसत्तिग्रस्त होनेके कारण अज्ञानजनित भोगोंद्वारा दबा-दबाकर इस संसारचक्रमें पेरा जा रहा है
snigdhatvāt tilavat sarvaṃ cakre 'smin pīḍyate jagat | tilapīḍair ivākramya bhogair ajñānasambhavaiḥ ||
Bhishma said: Because of its clinging attachment—like sesame seeds rich with oil—this whole world is pressed within the wheel of worldly becoming. As sesame is crushed in an oil-press, so beings are repeatedly ground down by pleasures born of ignorance, and thus are made to revolve in the cycle of saṃsāra.
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