The Six Kinds of Distress

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Sri Gautamiya Tantra Chp.4, Text 10

 

bubhuksA va pipAsA ca

prAnasya manasas tathA

soka-mohau sarirasya

jarA-mrtyu-sad-urmayah

 

bubhuksa---hunger; va---or; pipasa---thirst; ca---and; pranasya---of the

life; manasah---of the mind; tatha---and; soka---lamentation; mohau---and

illusion; sarirasya---of the body; jara---old-age; mrtyu---and death;

sat---six; urmayah---waves.

 

There are six waves of material distress:

 

DISTRESSES OF THE LIFE-AIR

 

1. Hunger

2. Thirst

 

DISTRESSES OF THE MIND

 

3. Lamentation

4. illusion

 

DISTRESSES OF THE BODY

 

5. Old-age

6. Death

 

Sri Vrindavana Dhama is free from all these 6 distresses.