इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च ।जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् ॥
indriyārtheṣu vairāgyam anahaṅkāra eva ca |janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam ||
- इन्द्रियार्थेषु · indriyārtheṣu
- toward objects of the senses
- वैराग्यम् · vairāgyam
- dispassion
- अनहङ्कारः · anahaṅkāraḥ
- absence of self-pride
- जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधि · janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi
- birth, death, old age, disease
- दुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् · duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam
- perceiving the sorrow and fault in them
“Dispassion toward objects of sense, absence of self-pride, and steady perception of the sorrow and fault in birth, death, old age, and disease —”
— Original plain-language translation
Clear-eyed realism joins detachment: the wise keep life's built-in sorrows in view without melodrama. This echoes the Buddha's diagnostic gaze — seeing suffering plainly is counted as knowledge, not pessimism.
— Reader's notes (original)