Mbh 12.212.3

Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

"'Yudhishthira said, "What faults are abandoned by persons desirous of Emancipation? What are those that are weakened by them? What are the faults that come repeatedly (and are, therefore, incapable of being got rid of)? What, again, are regarded as weak, through stupefaction (and, therefore, as permissible)? What, indeed, are those faults upon whose strength and weakness a wise man should reflect with the aid of intelligence and of reasons? I have doubts upon these subjects. Discourse to me on these, O grandsire!"

Mbh 12.212.3 · Mahabharata · SANTI PARVA

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Doubt Liberation Loneliness Strength Wisdom

Doubt in other traditions

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They alone ask leave of thee who believe not in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver.

Quran 9:45 · Quran · Repentance

And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

Matthew 28:17 · Bible · Matthew

If a man is tossed about by doubts, full of strong passions, and yearning only for what is delightful, his thirst will grow more and more, and he will indeed make his fetters strong.

Dhp 24.349 · Dhammapada · Thirst

Then thus Minerva:—“Brave Tydides, hear! Not Mars himself, nor aught immortal, fear. Full on the god impel thy foaming horse: Pallas commands, and Pallas lends thee force. Rash, furious, blind, from these to those he flies, And every side of wavering combat tries; Large promise makes, and breaks the promise made: Now gives the Grecians, now the Trojans aid.”[159]

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