Verse 28

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

[vairagya-28]

ये वर्तन्ते धनपतिपुरः प्रा्थनादुःखभाजोये चाल्पत्वं दर्धति विषयाक्षोपपर्याप्तबुद्धेः ।तेषामन्तःस्फुरितहसितं वासराणि स्मरेयंध्यानच्छेदे शिखरीकृहरग्रावशय्यानिषण्णः ॥२८॥

ye vartante dhanapatipuraḥ prāthanāduḥkhabhājoye cālpatvaṃ dardhati viṣayākṣopaparyāptabuddheḥ |teṣāmantaḥsphuritahasitaṃ vāsarāṇi smareyaṃdhyānacchede śikharīkṛharagrāvaśayyāniṣaṇṇaḥ ||28||

Translation

As I rest on the bed of rock inside the cave of the hill, after the completion of meditation, I remember with a burst of laughter those days; and those (people like me) who waited in front of the rich lords, pathetically begging for favors; and those (rich men) who bore meanness because of their intellects feeling satisfied with fulfilling their desires for sense pleasures alone. ॥ 28 ॥