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back” they will not give it. That is what we mean by possessiveness here.
Actually the temperament of serpent is, after it acquires a thing even if it is of no use to it, it does not leave it. On the other hand it invites on itself enormous amount of danger. There will be someone waiting to kill it and take the treasure. It is just like this – there is acquisitiveness – the person think that he has some money – there will be a thief who will rob it from him. The animal signifies this concept. Usually they earn by working hard thinking that it will be useful in their last stages. Their children threaten them with dire consequences if they don’t part with the earnings. They say that they will not give and ask them to take it after they pass away. The children say pass away now. Acquisition seems to be a quality of jiva initially, but it really leads to marmamu (మరమ్ము). If
we say that there is a snake in pit and that it has a treasure in it, people will demolish it completely and kill the snake. There is no meaning in collecting acquisition. All spiritual people start like that. They get attached to it.
Wealth is that one, which we get attached to it, is likely to
hurt you or bites you. Acquisition bites you and once it
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