[FairfieldLife] Re: VCM: effect of the senses

[cardemaister]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote:
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> What does VCM stand for?  

viveka-cuuDaa-maNi (Crest Jewel of Discrimination) by 
Shankara (Bhagavatpaadaacaarya) whose guru was Govinda
Bhagavatpaada.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_Bhagavatpada 

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> Their poison kills a man who only just looks at them with his eyes.  my 
> emphasis
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> Yep, need to look with consciousness too.  Is that how you interpret this?
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Actually, I'm not sure how to interpret it... :]

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>  From: cardemaister <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 4:20 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] VCM: effect of the senses
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> doSeNa tIvro viSayaH kRSNa-sarpa-viSàd api 
> viSaM nihanti bhoktàraM draSñàraM cakSuS'àpyayam. 77
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> The effect of the senses is more deadly than even that of a cobra. Their 
> poison kills a man who only just looks at them with his eyes. 77
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> doSeNa tIvro [ "faultwise" more intense: more deadly] viSayaH [poison] 
> kRSNa-sarpa-viSàd [from (= compared to) cobra-poison] api [even] 
> viSaM [poison]nihanti [kills] bhoktàraM [the enjoyer?] draSTàraM 
> ["seer-im"] cakSuSaa [through eye(s)]; api [just]; ayam [this]. 77
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