Verse 14

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
The Mockery of the Complete Renunciation of Sense Pleasuresविषयपरित्यागविडम्बना
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[vairagya-14]

धन्यानां गिरिकन्दरेषु वसतां ज्योतिः परं ध्यायतांआनन्दाश्रुकणान्पिबन्ति शकुना निःशङकमङ्केशयाः ।अस्माकं तुमनोरथोपरचितप्रासादवापीतटक्रीडाकाननकेलिकौतुकजुषामायुःपरं क्षीयते ॥१४॥

dhanyānāṃ girikandareṣu vasatāṃ jyotiḥ paraṃ dhyāyatāṃānandāśrukaṇānpibanti śakunā niḥśaṅakamaṅkeśayāḥ |asmākaṃ tumanorathoparacitaprāsādavāpītaṭakrīḍākānanakelikautukajuṣāmāyuḥparaṃ kṣīyate ||14||

Translation

The birds rest on the laps (of the Sages) without any fear and drink the ‘tears of bliss’ flowing from the eyes of those ‘blessed men’ who reside in the caves of the hills and contemplate on the Supreme luster of Brahman. Our lives just waste away in merely musing about the pleasures possible in palatial mansions, banks of pools, sporting grounds as imagined by the mind. ॥ 14 ॥