Bhojaprabandha 7_94

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Those very same senses remain intact, that very same name remains; that unimpeded intellect also remains the same, and speech too remains the same. Yet what a strange thing it is that a man, merely stripped of the heat of wealth, becomes an entirely different person in a single moment.
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Bhojaprabandha
Furthermore—
For one who disregards his body, who is capable, resolute, / and whose undertakings are initiated by intellect, nothing is impossible to accomplish.
Even by previous expedients and efforts, struck down indeed by malice, / the prosperity of actors is seized by friends and ministers alike.