Verse 15

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

[vairagya-15]

भिक्षाशनं तदपि नीरसमेकवारंशय्या च भूः परिजनो निजदेहमात्रंवस्त्रं विशीर्णशतखण्डमयी च कन्थाहा हा तथापि विषया न परित्यजन्ति ॥१५॥

bhikṣāśanaṃ tadapi nīrasamekavāraṃśayyā ca bhūḥ parijano nijadehamātraṃvastraṃ viśīrṇaśatakhaṇḍamayī ca kanthāhā hā tathāpi viṣayā na parityajanti ||15||

Translation

Food obtained through begging; that too tasteless; that too once a day! Bed, just the ground; and the servant, only one’s own body; garment is just a ragged cloth patched up with hundreds of tattered pieces! Alas! Alas! Even then, the desires for the sense objects do not leave me and go. ॥ 15 ॥