A History of Sanskrit Literature c15.s1.26

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c15.s1.26

‘With the rising and the setting of the sun man’s life day by day wears away; struggling beneath the burden of active toil we note not the passing of time; birth, age, misfortune, death we see and tremble not; the world is maddened by drinking too deep of the draught of carelessness and confusion.’ The ascetic’s life is compared with that of the king greatly to its advantage, and a touch of quiet humour enlightens the picture of the old age for which the poet pines:

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