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A very famous shloka from Bhartihari’s Vairagyashatakam beautifully states how every pleasure is invariably associated with fear, and that being unattached to them alone is fearlessness:
भोगे रोगभयं कुले च्युतिभयं वित्ते नृपालाद्भयं
माने दैन्यभयं बले रिपुभयं रूपे जराया भयम् ।
शास्त्रे वादिभयं गुणे खलभयं काये कृतान्ताद्भयं
सर्वं वस्तु भयान्वितं भुवि नृणां वैराग्यमेवाभयम् ।।
bhoge rogabhayam kule cyutibhayam vitte nṛpālādbhayam
māne dainyabhayam bale ripubhayam rūpe jarāyā bhayam |
śāstre vādibhayam guṇe khalabhayam kāye kṛtāntādbhayam
sarvam vastu bhayānvitam bhuvi nṛṇām vairāgyamevābhayam ||
“In (excessive) enjoyment, there is the fear of diseases; in family’s pride, there is the fear of ill-reputation; in wealth, there is the fear of kings (now, government taxes); in one’s own self-respect, there the is fear of humiliation; in power, there is the fear of adversaries; in beauty, there is the fear of old age; in erudite scholarship of the scriptures, there is the fear of (losing to) the opponents’ arguments; in being virtuous (good natured), there is the fear of wicked people (misusing, cheating ); in body, there is the fear of death. So, for the humans, everything on this earth has (one or the other) fear associated with it. Therefore, vairāgya, (dispassion and non-attachment towards fame, honour, power and sensual enjoyments) alone ensures fearlessness.”
भोगे रोगभयं कुले च्युतिभयं वित्ते नृपालाद्भयं
माने दैन्यभयं बले रिपुभयं रूपे जराया भयम् ।
शास्त्रे वादिभयं गुणे खलभयं काये कृतान्ताद्भयं
सर्वं वस्तु भयान्वितं भुवि नृणां वैराग्यमेवाभयम् ।।
bhoge rogabhayam kule cyutibhayam vitte nṛpālādbhayam
māne dainyabhayam bale ripubhayam rūpe jarāyā bhayam |
śāstre vādibhayam guṇe khalabhayam kāye kṛtāntādbhayam
sarvam vastu bhayānvitam bhuvi nṛṇām vairāgyamevābhayam ||
“In (excessive) enjoyment, there is the fear of diseases; in family’s pride, there is the fear of ill-reputation; in wealth, there is the fear of kings (now, government taxes); in one’s own self-respect, there the is fear of humiliation; in power, there is the fear of adversaries; in beauty, there is the fear of old age; in erudite scholarship of the scriptures, there is the fear of (losing to) the opponents’ arguments; in being virtuous (good natured), there is the fear of wicked people (misusing, cheating ); in body, there is the fear of death. So, for the humans, everything on this earth has (one or the other) fear associated with it. Therefore, vairāgya, (dispassion and non-attachment towards fame, honour, power and sensual enjoyments) alone ensures fearlessness.”
