Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c9.s1.8

c9.s1.8

"1. We different men have different tastes and pursuits (*dhiyo vi vratāni*). The carpenter (*Taskhā*) seeks something that is broken (*rishṭam*), the physician (*Bhishag*) a patient (*rutam*), the priest (*Brahmā*) someone who will perform sacrifice (*sunvantam ichchhati*).
"2. With dried-up faggots (*jaratībhiroshadhībhiḥ*), with birds' feathers (*parṇebhiḥ śakunānām*), with stones (*aśmabhiḥ*) and fire (?) (*dyubhiḥ*), the artisan (*kārmāraḥ*) continually seeks after (*ichchhati*) a man with plenty of gold (*hiraṇyavantam*).
"3. I am a poet (*Kāruḥ aham*), my father is a physician (*Bhishag*) and my mother (*nanā*) a grinder of corn (*Upalaprakshiṇī*).
"With our different inclinations (*nānādhiyo*), seeking gain, we run after (our respective objects) as after cattle (*Vasūyavo anugā iva tasthima*).
"4. The draught horse (*aśvo voḷhā*) wishes for (*ichchhati*) an easy-going chariot (*sukhaṁ rathaṁ*); merry companions (*upamantriṇaḥ*) a laugh (*hasanām*); the female sex, the male; and frogs a pond."