The sacrifice of meditation (dhyānayajña) - Verse 27
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 86.27
Sanskrit Original
प्राजापत्ये तथा ब्राह्मे प्राकृते पौरुषे तथा। क्षयसातिशयाद्यैस्तु दुःखैर्दुःखानि सुव्रताः।।
prājāpatye tathā brāhme prākṛte pauruṣe tathā| kṣayasātiśayādyaistu duḥkhairduḥkhāni suvratāḥ||
Sūta said: Hence, on pondering over, it will be seen that there is no happiness unto men even due to coitus. There is misery in earning wealth as also in preserving and spending it. O excellent brahmins, if we ponder over it, there is misery amongst the Piśācas, Rākṣasas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, in the world of the moon, in the world of mercury, in the world of Prajāpati, in the world of the Brahman, in the world of Prakṛti and Puruṣa also. O sages of good holy rites, there are miseries due to destruction of possessions, due to one’s possession being excelled by another’s, etc. These cause only other miseries.