ASARAM- असारम्- SAPLESS-WORTHLESS.

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असारभूते संसारे सारम् एतत् चतुष्टयम्

काशीवासः सताम् सङ्गः  गङ्गा च विष्णुपूजनम् ।

asārabhūte saṁsāre sārametatcatuṣṭayaḥ| 
kāśīvāsaḥ satāṁ saṅgaḥ gaṅgāṁbhaḥ śaṁbhupūjanaṁ|| 

In this essence-less (असारभूत) worldly life (संसार), these (एतद्) four (चतुष्टय) are the essence (सार) – residing in Kashi (काशी-वास), the company (सङ्ग) of the good men (सत्) , River Ganga (गङ्गा) and the worship of Vishnu (विष्णु-पूजन).

असारभूते संसारे सारभूता नितंबिनी
इति संचित्य वै शंभुः अर्धाड्गे कामिनीम दधौ
When lord paramaSiva looked at the world that is created, it seems he felt that the world is so lifeless or without saara (असारभूते संसारे), then he started searching for the saara and found in nitambini सारभूता नितंबिनी (a beautiful lady with well developed hips) which mother parvati. Immediately then Sambhu, gave his half body to keep that saara with him only. 

 जन्म-मृत्यु-जरा-व्याधि-वेदनाभिर् उपद्रुतम् ।

संसारम् इमम् उत्पन्नम् असारं त्यजतः सुखम् ॥ ९४ ॥

janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-vedanābhir upadrutam |
saṃsāram imam utpannam asāraṃ tyajataḥ sukham ||

This worthless world with overwhelming pains of birth, death, old age,and  diseases should be renounced by one seeking happiness.

अनित्यं सर्वमेवेदं तापत्रयदूषितं।
असारं निन्दितं हेयमिति निश्चित्य शाम्यति॥ Ashtavakra Gita
anityaṃ sarvamevedaṃ tāpatrayadūṣitaṃ,
 asāraṃ ninditaṃ heyami- ti niścitya śāmyati
All this is impermanent and is surrounded by the three types of pain

(Adibhoutika. Adhyatmikta. Adidaivika) 

It is without any essence, contemptible and is to be abandoned. Only after deciding it firmly, peace is attained .

ब्रह्मबन्धो किमेतत्ते विपक्षं श्रयतासता । सत
असारं ग्राहितो बालो मामनाद‍ृत्य दुर्मते ॥ २६ ॥

brahma-bandho kim etat tel
vipakṣaṁ śrayatāsatā
asāraṁ grāhito bālo
mām anādṛtya durmate  ŚB 7.5.26

O unqualified, most heinous son of a brāhmaṇa, you have disobeyed my order and taken shelter of the party of my enemies. You have taught this poor boy about devotional service! What is this nonsense?

(In this verse the word asāram, meaning, “having no substance,” is significant. For a demon there is no substance in the process of devotional service, but to a devotee devotional service is the only essential factor in life. Since Hiraṇyakaśipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlāda Mahārāja’s teachers with harsh words.) Iscon.

कस्त्वं कोऽहं कुत आयातः का मे जननी को मे तातः ।
इति परिभावय सर्वमसारं विश्वं त्यक्त्वा स्वप्नविचारम् ।।
kastvaṁ ka'haṁ kuta āyātaḥ kā me jananī ko me tātaḥ|
iti paribhāvaya sarvamasāraṁ viśvaṁ tyaktvā svapnavicāram||
Who are you? Who am I? From where did I come? Who is my mother? Who is my father? You enquire, renouncing the entire world of experiences which is bi essence-less and also a mere dream born out of imagination.

असारे सारामातिनो सारे कासारदासिनो |
ते सारं नाधिगच्छन्ति मिच्चसंकप्पगोचरा || 11 ||
सारञ्च शरतो णत्वा असारञ्च असरतो |
ते सारं अधिगच्छन्ति सम्मासंकप्पगोचरा || 12 ||Dhammapada:

Sāre sāramatino sāre cāsāradassino |

te sāraṃ nādhigacchanti micchāsaṃkappagocarā || 11 ||
sārañca sārato ñatvā asārañca asārato |
te sāraṃ adhigacchanti sammāsaṃkappagocarā || 12 ||

11. Conceiving the real in unreality while seeing unreal the truly real, roaming fields of thought ill-formed: they  never arrive at the real. 

12. That which is real they know as real, that unreal, to be unreal; roaming fields of thought well-formed they arrive at the real . 

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH