मत्वा विश्वमनस्वरं निविशते संसारकारागृहे |
20. Possessed of tall mansions , of sons esteemed by the learned, of untold wealth, of a beloved wife of beneficence, and of youthful age, and thinking this world to be permanent, men deluded by ignorance run into this prison-house of worldliness; whereas blessed indeed is he who considering the transiency of the same world renounces it
दीना दीनमुत्वः सदैव शिशुकैराकृष्टजीर्णाम्बरा |
21. If one had on occasion to see one's wife suffering without food and sore aggrieved at the constant sight of hungry crying children with piteous looks pulling at her Worn-out clothes, what self-respecting man would for the mere sake of his own petty stomach utter give me (i.e. become a supplicant for favour) in a voice faltering and sticking at the throat for fear of his prayer being refused ?
अभिमतमहामानग्रन्थिप्रभेदपटीयसी |