Verse 53

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Description of the Conversation between a Recluse and a Kingयतिनृपतिसंवादवर्णनम्
Chhanda
Unknown

[vairagya-53]

स तु भवतु दरिद्रो यस्य तृष्णा विशाला ।मनसि च परितुष्ठे को$र्थवान्‌ को दरिद्रः ॥५३॥

sa tu bhavatu daridro yasya tṛṣṇā viśālā |manasi ca parituṣṭhe ko$rthavān‌ ko daridraḥ ||53||

Translation

He indeed is a poverty-stricken man, whose thirst for pleasures is immense. If the mind is contended, who is rich and who is poor? ॥ 53 ॥