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The Inner Enemy: Lust, Greed, Anger & the Arishadvargas
How Bhaja Govindam, Kabir, and Yogi Vemana Expose the Six Enemies Within (Arishadvargas)
January 29, 2026
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Section 6 of 10
Moha (Delusion): Attachment as Blindness
Moha is the most dangerous enemy because it disguises itself as love.
Attachment blinds.
Bhaja Govindam on Bodily Delusion
Sanskrit Verse
नारीस्तनभर नाभीदेशं
दृष्ट्वा मा गा मोहावेशम्।
Do not fall into delusion seeing only the body.
Commentary
Shankara shocks deliberately.
He wants the seeker to see how quickly the mind reduces the infinite to flesh.
Moha is mistaking appearance for essence.
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Kabir on Maya
Famous Line
माया महाठगिनी हम जानी।
Maya is the great deceiver.
Commentary
Kabir's Maya is not cosmic illusion alone—it is psychological delusion.
The ego itself is Maya's masterpiece.
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Vemana: Outer Cleaning Cannot Remove Inner Delusion
Telugu Verse
ఎలుకచర్మంబు ఎత్తి ఎన్నాళ్ళు ఉతికిన
కలుషము పోవునా?
No matter how long you wash the skin of a rat, impurity remains.
Commentary
External rituals cannot cleanse inner attachment.
Only self-knowledge dissolves Moha.
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