Suktimuktavali 26_5
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26_5
They sow a thorn-apple tree in their house after uprooting a wish-fulfilling tree;
they cast aside a wish-granting gem and accept a shard of glass—those fools!
Having sold an elephant resembling a king of mountains, they purchase a donkey—
those lowest of men who, forsaking the righteousness they have attained, run after the desire for sensual pleasures. .. 6 ..