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Vairagya Shatakam

by Bhartrhari

Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the endless desires which when satisfied fetches him nothing but the desires again. It concludes saying how these insatiable desires mislead the man from knowing his real nature-omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience!

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

Sanskrit

Published In

1921

Genre/Category

Poetry Philosophy

Tags/Keywords

Ancient

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Bhartṛhari is a Sanskrit writer to whom are normally ascribed two influential Sanskrit texts: the Vākyapadīya, on Sanskrit grammar and linguistic philosophy, a foundational text in the Indian gramm...

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