| 58. When he completely
withdraws the senses from senseobjects, as the tortoise (withdraws) its
limbs from all sides, his knowledge is steady.He, i.e the devotee who strives
in the path of knowledge (jnananishtha), withdraws his senses from all objects
as the tortoise withdraws its limbs from all sides out of fear.(Question):
Now, even the senses of a diseased man who is not able to partake of sensuous
objects withdraw from senseobjects, but the taste for them ceases not. How
does that cease ?(Answer):Listen: |