[neeti-73]
क्वचित्पृथ्वीशय्यः क्वचिदपि च पर्यङ्कशयनःक्वचिच्छाकाहारः क्वचिदपि च शाल्योदनरुचिः ।क्वचित्कन्थाधारी क्वचिदपि च दिव्याम्बरधरोमनस्वी कार्यार्थी न गणयति च दुःखं न च सुखम् ॥७३॥kvacitpṛthvīśayyaḥ kvacidapi ca paryaṅkaśayanaḥkvacicchākāhāraḥ kvacidapi ca śālyodanaruciḥ |kvacitkanthādhārī kvacidapi ca divyāmbaradharomanasvī kāryārthī na gaṇayati ca duḥkhaṃ na ca sukham ||73||
Translation
Sometimes he sleeps on the bare ground. Sometimes he sleeps on a soft mattress. Sometimes he eats plain vegetables only. Sometimes he enjoys a grand meal of special rice. Sometimes he is covered by tattered clothes. Sometimes he wears divine garments of exquisite variety. The man of courage who is intent on finishing his work, does not bother about the good or bad of his surroundings. ॥ 73 ॥