Contentment Be The Key

Content we're just with barks of tree, You, whilst with wealth and money, Our contentment nevertheless Nor is more nor yet any less. Pitiful, he's in poverty cast, Whose wants and wishes are vast. Haply if the mind is contented, Who's rich? Who wonder I poorly fated? ___________________________________________ This is translation of a verse from vairāgya śhataka of Bhartŗhari, who was a king of Mālawā (part of today's Madhya Pradesh) . He renounced everything to become a monk. Here is transliteration of the original verse in Sanskrit: Meter: mālinī vayam iha parituśhţā valkalaih tvam cha lakśhmyā sama iha paritośhah nirvisheśhah visheśhah | sah hi bhavati daridrah yasya tŗśhņā vishālā manasi cha parituśhţe kah arthavān kah daridrah || - from vairāgya-shataka ____________________________________________ Translations|01.06.2019 |