Verse 65

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Addressing the Mind to Subdue Itमनःसंबोधनं नियमनम्
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[vairagya-65]

चेतश्चिन्तय मा रमां सकृदिमामस्थायिनीमास्थयाभूपालभ्नूकुटीकुटीविहरणव्यापारपण्याइगनाम्‌ ।कन्थाकन्चुकिनः प्रविश्य भवनद्वाराणिवाराणसीरथ्यापड्क्तिषु पाणिपात्रपतितां भिक्षामपेक्षामहे ॥६५॥

cetaścintaya mā ramāṃ sakṛdimāmasthāyinīmāsthayābhūpālabhnūkuṭīkuṭīviharaṇavyāpārapaṇyāiganām‌ |kanthākancukinaḥ praviśya bhavanadvārāṇivārāṇasīrathyāpaḍktiṣu pāṇipātrapatitāṃ bhikṣāmapekṣāmahe ||65||

Translation

Hey Mind! Do not ever think of this erratic ‘Goddess of wealth’ with fondness. She is a whore wandering in the ‘bent eye-brow hut’ of the kings. I would rather have the alms which fall into the begging bowl held in the hands, by entering the doors of the houses situated on the road side of Vaaraanasee. ॥ 65 ॥