Shatakatraya 1.45

English (machine translation) 1.45

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1.45

One who is impoverished longs for a handful of barley; / later, having become full [of riches], he considers the earth to be like grass; / hence, because there is no fixed standard, through the greatness or smallness of their wealth, / circumstances magnify and shrink objects for the rich.

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Śatakatraya — Bhartṛhari (poet), Sanskrit