Verse 24

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Blaming the Wretched State of Solicitationयाञ्चादैन्यदूषणम्
Chhanda
Vasantatilakāवसन्ततिलका

[vairagya-24]

गड्गातरड्गकणशीकरशीतलानिविद्याधराध्युषितचारशिलातलानि ।स्थानानि किं हिमवतः प्रलयं गतानियत्सावमानपरपिण्डरता मनुष्याः ॥२४॥

gaḍgātaraḍgakaṇaśīkaraśītalānividyādharādhyuṣitacāraśilātalāni |sthānāni kiṃ himavataḥ pralayaṃ gatāniyatsāvamānaparapiṇḍaratā manuṣyāḥ ||24||

Translation

Have the- ‘River banks’ which are cool because of the sprinkling of the icy drops of water rising from the waves of River Ganges; and the beautiful ‘rocky lands’ situated in the Himalayas which are sought by the Vidyaadharas (for sporting), - destroyed in the floods, that, men are still engaged in filling their bellies with food given by others humiliating them with insults? ॥ 24 ॥