Shatakatraya 3_3

3_3

udyāneṣu vicitra-bhojana-vidhis tīvrātitīvraṃ tapaḥ
kaupīnāvaraṇaṃ suvastram amitaṃ bhikṣāṭanaṃ maṇḍanam |
āsannaṃ maraṇaṃ ca maṅgala-samaṃ yasyāṃ samutpadyate
tāṃ kāśīṃ parihṛtya hanta vibudhair anyatra kiṃ sthīyate ||

A variety of foods is in the gardens; ascetic austerity is fiercely intense;
a loincloth for covering is fine clothing, and boundless begging for alms is decoration;
and approaching death, which arises there, is equal to an auspicious blessing—
alas, abandoning that Kāśī, why do the wise dwell anywhere else?