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Shatakatraya 3.99

Śatakatraya 3.99

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Sanskrit

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pāṇiḥ pātraṃ pavitraṃ bhramaṇa-parigataṃ bhaikṣyam akṣayyam annaṃ
vistīrṇaṃ vastram āśā-daśakam acapalaṃ talpam asvalpam urvīm |
yeṣāṃ niḥsaṅgatāṅgī-karaṇa-pariṇata-svānta-santoṣiṇas te
dhanyāḥ saṃnyasta-dainya-vyatikara-nikarāḥ karma nirmūlayanti ||
trailokyādhipatitvam eva virasaṃ yasmin mahāśāsane
tal labdhvāsana-vastra-māna-ghaṭane bhoge ratiṃ mā kṛthāḥ |
bhogaḥ ko 'pi sa eka eva paramo nityoditā jṛmbhane
yat-svādād virasā bhavanti visayās trailokya-rājyādayaḥ ||

The cupped hand is a pure bowl, roaming alms are inexhaustible food,
the ten directions are an ample garment, the unshakable earth is an immense bed:
blessed are those whose hearts are satisfied by embracing detachment;
casting off the heap of miserable entanglements, they eradicate karma.
In comparison to that great dominion, even sovereignty over the three worlds is tasteless;
having attained that, take no pleasure in pleasures dependent on food, clothing, and honor.
There is only one supreme pleasure, ever-arisen in manifestation,
from whose taste all sense objects, even kingship over the three worlds, turn tasteless.

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