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Shatakatraya 3.93

Śatakatraya 3.93

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Sanskrit

3.93

mātar lakṣmi bhajasva kañcid aparaṃ mat-kāṅkṣiṇī mā sma bhūr
bhogeṣu spṛhayālavas tava vaśe kā niḥspṛhāṇām asi |
sadyaḥ syūta-palāśa-patra-puṭikā-pātraiḥ pavitrī-kṛtair
bhikṣā-vastubhir eva samprati vayaṃ vṛttiṃ samīhāmahe ||

Mother Lakṣmī, seek someone else! Do not long for me;
those eager for sensual pleasures are in your power; what are you to those free from desire?
Now, by means of items of alms purified in bowls
fashioned from freshly stitched palāśa leaves, we seek our livelihood.

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