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अधिगतपरमार्थान् पण्डितान्मावमंस्थास्तृणमिव लघु लक्ष्मीर्नैव तान्संरुणद्धि ।अभिनवमदलेखाश्यामगण्डस्थलानां न भवति विषतन्तुर्वारणं वारणानाम् ॥१३॥adhigataparamārthān paṇḍitānmāvamaṃsthāstṛṇamiva laghu lakṣmīrnaiva tānsaṃruṇaddhi |abhinavamadalekhāśyāmagaṇḍasthalānāṃ na bhavati viṣatanturvāraṇaṃ vāraṇānām ||13||
Translation
Do not insult those men of wisdom who have attained the Supreme Knowledge! The material wealth is as worthless as a piece of grass! Do not ever restrain them. A lotus stalk cannot hold back the elephants whose temple-regions are darkened by the lines made by the oozing ichor freshly pouring out! ॥ 13 ॥