Verse 81

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Worship of Shivaशिवार्चनम्
Chhanda
Mandākrāntāमन्दाक्रान्ता

[vairagya-81]

आसंसारात्त्रिभुवनमिदं चिन्वतां ताइङ्गैवास्माकं तात नयनपदवींशरतरमात्रं गतो वा ।योऽयं धत्ते विषयकरिणीगाढगूढाभिमानक्षीबयान्तःकरणकरिणःसंयमानायलीलाम्‌ ॥८१॥

āsaṃsārāttribhuvanamidaṃ cinvatāṃ tāiṅgaivāsmākaṃ tāta nayanapadavīṃśarataramātraṃ gato vā |yo'yaṃ dhatte viṣayakariṇīgāḍhagūḍhābhimānakṣībayāntaḥkaraṇakariṇaḥsaṃyamānāyalīlām‌ ||81||

Translation

Father! From the beginning of this world-existence, as we searched in all the three worlds, no one like that has entered the path of our eyes or ears, (we know of no one) who has the competence for the easy-catch of the mind-elephant which is intoxicated by the deep and unexpressed infatuation for the female elephant of sense objects. ॥ 81 ॥