Shloka 2
Avadhūta’s Further Teachers: Detachment, Solitude, One-Pointed Meditation, and the Lord as Āśraya
सामिषं कुररं जघ्नुर्बलिनोऽन्ये निरामिषा: । तदामिषं परित्यज्य स सुखं समविन्दत ॥ २ ॥
sāmiṣaṁ kuraraṁ jaghnur balino ’nye nirāmiṣāḥ tadāmiṣaṁ parityajya sa sukhaṁ samavindata
အသားကိုင်ထားသော ငှက်တစ်ကောင်ကို အစာမတွေ့သော အင်အားကြီးငှက်များက တိုက်ခိုက်하였다။ အသက်အန္တရာယ်ဖြစ်လာသဖြင့် အဲဒီအသားကို စွန့်လွှတ်လိုက်ရာမှ တကယ့်ချမ်းသာကို ခံစားရသည်။
Incited by the modes of nature, birds become violent and kill other birds to eat them or to steal meat captured by them. Hawks, vultures and eagles are in this category. However, one should give up the envious propensity to commit violence against others and should take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whereby one sees every living entity as equal to oneself. On this platform of actual happiness one does not envy anyone and thus sees no one as his enemy.
FAQs
This verse teaches that attachment to enjoyable objects invites conflict and anxiety, but giving up the object of attachment brings immediate relief and happiness.
The kurara becomes a target simply because it possesses a coveted object; the example shows how possessions and cravings attract disturbance, while relinquishment restores peace.
Reduce needless craving—simplify possessions, avoid status-driven competition, and let go of what provokes constant worry; peace increases when attachment decreases.