In enjoyment, there is fear of disease;
In social position, there is fear of falling off;
In wealth, the fear of hostile kings;
In honor, the fear of humiliation;
In power, the fear of foemen;
In beauty, the fear of old age;
In scriptural erudition, the fear of opponents;
In virtue, the fear of traducers;
In body, the fear of death;
All the things of this world pertaining to man are attended with fear; renunciation alone stands for fearlessness.
==>The Vairagya shatakam, verse 31
