Rasarnavasudhakara 2.224

English (machine translation) 2.224

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2.224

As in: / 'Who are you, sir?' 'I will tell: know me to be an ill-fated śākhoṭaka tree.' / 'You speak as if from world-weariness.' 'You have understood well.' 'Why is this?' 'It is told: / On the left here stands a banyan tree, whom travelers serve with all their heart; / but to me, though standing by the road, not even my shade serves to do good to others.'

2.224.p1

Here, because it is a particular kind of tree, mental transformation is impossible in an inanimate śākhoṭaka; therefore this improper despondency becomes a semblance.

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit