Shatakatraya 3.20
Śatakatraya 3.20
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- Sanskrit
3.20
tuṅgaṃ veśma sutāḥ satām abhimatāḥ saṅkhyātigāḥ sampadaḥ
kalyāṇī dayitā vayaś ca navam ity ajñāna-mūḍho janaḥ |
matvā viśvam anaśvaraṃ niviśate saṃsāra-kārā-gṛhe
saṃdṛśya kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraṃ tad akhilaṃ dhanyas tu sannyasyati ||
A towering mansion, sons esteemed by the virtuous, vast wealth beyond measure, / an auspicious beloved, and fresh youth—so thinking, / people, blinded by ignorance, regard the world as imperishable and enter the prison-house of the cycle of worldly existence; / but the fortunate person, seeing all of it to be frail and fleeting, renounces.
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- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit