Uttarajjhayana 128.1.10_13

128.1.10_13

savvaṃ suciṇṇaṃ saphalaṃ narāṇaṃ | kaḍāṇa kammāṇa na mokkha atthi /
atthehi kāmehi ya uttamehiṃ | āyā mamaṃ puṇṇaphalovavee ||10||

"Every good deed will bear its fruit to men; there is no escape from the effect of one's actions. Through riches and the highest pleasures my soul has got the reward for its virtues. (10)
"Know, Sambhûta, that you have got the reward of your virtues in the shape of great wealth and prosperity; but know, O king, that is just so with Kitra; he also obtained prosperity and splendour. (11)
"A song of deep meaning condensed in words has been repeated in the midst of a crowd of men, (having heard) which monks of piety and virtues exert themselves in this (religion): I have become a Sramana." (12)
'Renowned are my beautiful palaces Ukka, Udaya, Madhu, Karka, and Brahman: this house, full of treasures and containing the finest products of the Pañkâlas, O Kitra, regard it as your own! (13)
'Surround yourself with women who dance, and sing, and make music; enjoy these pleasures, O monk; I deem renunciation a hard thing.' (14)
As the virtuous Kitra, for old friendship's sake, loved the king who was attached to sensual pleasures, and as he had at heart his welfare, he spoke to him the following words: (is)
"All singing is but prattle, all dancing is but mocking, all ornaments are but a burden, all pleasures produce but pains. (16)
"O king, pleasures which the ignorant like, but which produce pains, do not delight pious monks who care not for pleasure, but are intent on the virtues of right conduct. (17)