A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s9.99

v3.c35.s9.99

*mā kuru dhanajanayauvanagarvaṁ*
*harati nimeṣātkālaḥ sarvam* ।
*māyāmayamidamakhilaṁ hitvā*
*brahmapadaṁ praviśa suviditvā* ॥
“Be not proud of your wealth or youth,
Not of your men: time rolls all in a moment;
Away from all that is pervaded by Māyā,
Know the Highest Lord and reach him without delay.”
*yāvajjanaṁ tāvanmaraṇaṁ tāvajjananījaṭhare śayanam* ।
*iti saṁsāre sphuṭataradoṣaḥ kathamiha mānava tava saṁtoṣaḥ* ॥
“How often are we born? How often dead? How long lying in mother’s womb? How great is the prevalence of vice in this world? Wherefore, O man, art thou satisfied here ?”
*suravaramandiratarutalavāsaḥ*
*śayyā bhūtalamajinaṁ vāsaḥ* ।
*sarvaparigrahabhogatyāgaḥ*
*kasya sukhaṁ na karoti virāgaḥ* ॥
“To dwell under the mansions of the high-gods at the foot of a tree, to have the ground for a bed, and a hide for vesture; to renounce all extrinsic enjoyments; whom does not such devotion fill with delight ?”