A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s9.93

v3.c35.s9.93

*nairguṇyameva sādhiyo dhigastu guṇagauravān* ।
*śākhinonye virājante khaṇḍayante candanadrumāḥ* ॥
“Better it is to be without virtue;
Fie on the person who is possessed of merits;
Other trees remain flourishing,
While the sandal-trees are cut by man”. (I, 86)
*hariṇīprekṣaṇā yatra gṛhiṇī na vilokyate* ।
*sevitaṁ sarvasaṁpadbhirapi tadbhavanaṁ vanam* ॥
A house may be full with all the objects of enjoyment; but in case the housewife, with glances life those of a deer, is not visible there, it is not different from a forest”. (II, 154)