[neeti-96]
स्थाल्यां वैडूर्यमय्यां पचति तिलकणांश्चान्दनैरिन्धनौघैःसौवर्णैर्लाङ्गलाग्रैर्विलिखति वसुधामर्कतूलस्य हेतोः ।च्छित्त्वा कर्पूरखण्डान्वृतिमिह कुरुते कोद्रवाणां समन्तात्प्राप्येमां कर्मभूमिं न भजति मनुजो यस्तपो मन्दभाग्यः ॥९६॥sthālyāṃ vaiḍūryamayyāṃ pacati tilakaṇāṃścāndanairindhanaughaiḥsauvarṇairlāṅgalāgrairvilikhati vasudhāmarkatūlasya hetoḥ |cchittvā karpūrakhaṇḍānvṛtimiha kurute kodravāṇāṃ samantātprāpyemāṃ karmabhūmiṃ na bhajati manujo yastapo mandabhāgyaḥ ||96||
Translation
(WHAT A WASTE OF GOOD THINGS!)
(The idiot) cooks the (ordinary) gingili paste in a pot studded with lapis lazuli, using hosts of sandalwood as fuel; ploughs the land using a plough, made of gold at the tail end, to sow the seeds of (ordinary) Arka Toola; cuts the camphor tree into pieces and makes a fence all around to protect the (worthless) Kodrava plants; Having attained this land of Karma, a man does not perform penance (to gain knowledge) (but wastes his precious life away in ordinary pursuits.) (He is engaged in amassing wealth and producing children.) Indeed he is stuck by misfortune. ॥ 96 ॥