Uttarajjhayana 128.1.11_8

128.1.11_8

eyam aṭhaṃ nisāmittā | heūkāraṇacoio /
tao namiṃ rāyarisiṃ | devindo iṇam abbavī ||11||

On hearing this, the king of gods, pursuing his reasons and arguments, answered the royal Seer Nami thus: (11)
"This is fire and storm, your palace is on fire! Reverend sir, why do you not look after your seraglio?" (12)
Nami answered (see verse 8): (13)
'Happy are we, happy live we who call nothing our own; when Mithilâ is on fire, nothing is burned that belongs to me. (14)
To a monk who has left his sons and wives, and who has ceased to act, nothing pleasant can occur, nor anything unpleasant. (15)
'There is much happiness for the sage, for the houseless monk, who is free from all ties, and knows himself to be single and unconnected (with the rest of the world).' (16)
Indra answered (see verse 11): (17)
"Erect a wall, gates, and battlements; dig a moat; construct sataghnîs: then you will be a Kshattriya." (18)
Nami answered (see verse 8): (19)
'Making Faith his fortress, Penance and Self-control the bolt (of its gate), Patience its strong wall, so that guarded in three ways it is impregnable; making Zeal his bow, its string Carefulness in walking (iriyâ), and its top (where the string is fastened) Content, he should bend (this bow) with Truth, piercing with the arrow, Penance, (the foe's) mail, Karman--(in this way) a sage will be the victor in battle and get rid of the Samsâra.' (20-22)
Indra answered (see verse 11): (23)
"Build palaces, excellent houses, and turrets; thus you will be a Kshattriya." (24)
Nami answered (see verse 8): (25)