Verse 80

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Discriminative Analysis of Permanent & Impermanent Objectsनित्यानित्यवस्तुविचारः
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[vairagya-80]

रम्यं हर्म्यतलं न किं वसतये श्रव्यं न गेयादिकं किं वाप्राणसमासमागतसुखं नैवाधिकप्रीतये ।किंतु श्रान्तपतड्गपक्षपवनव्यालोलदीपाइकुरच्छायाचञचलमाकलस्यसकलं सन्तो वनान्तं गताः ॥८०॥

ramyaṃ harmyatalaṃ na kiṃ vasataye śravyaṃ na geyādikaṃ kiṃ vāprāṇasamāsamāgatasukhaṃ naivādhikaprītaye |kiṃtu śrāntapataḍgapakṣapavanavyāloladīpāikuracchāyācañacalamākalasyasakalaṃ santo vanāntaṃ gatāḥ ||80||

Translation

Is not the upper floor of the palace pleasant for living? Is not the melody song accompanied by instrumental music pleasant for the ears? Does not the meeting with the beloved who is equal to one’s life give much bliss? But, the wise ones have left for the forest observing everything to be as unsteady as the shadow of the flame of the lamp shaking by the wind blown by the wing of the moth flying nearby. ॥ 80 ॥