Shatakatraya 2.77

2.77

śāstrajño 'pi praguṇi-tanayo 'tyānta-bādhāpi bāḍhaṃ
saṃsāre 'smin bhavati viralo bhājanaṃ sad-gatīnām |
yenaitasmin niraya-nagara-dvāram udghāṭayantī
vāmākṣīṇāṃ bhavati kuṭilā bhrū-latā kuñcikeva ||

Though versed in the authoritative treatises, though an excellent son, though sorely afflicted indeed,
rare in this cycle of worldly existence is a man who becomes a vessel for good destinations,
by whom the curved creeper-brow of fair-eyed women,
unlocking the gates of the city of hell, is treated like a mere key.