Verse 97

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Conduct of an Avadhutaअवधूतचर्या
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[vairagya-97]

हिम्साशून्यमयत्नलभ्यमशनं धात्रा मरुत्कल्पितंव्यालानां पशवस्तृणाइकुरभुजस्तुष्टाः स्थलीशायिनः ।सम्सारार्णवलड्गनक्षमधियां वृत्तिः कृता सा नृणांतामन्वेष्यतां प्रयान्ति सततं सर्वे समाप्तिं गुणाः ॥९७॥

himsāśūnyamayatnalabhyamaśanaṃ dhātrā marutkalpitaṃvyālānāṃ paśavastṛṇāikurabhujastuṣṭāḥ sthalīśāyinaḥ |samsārārṇavalaḍganakṣamadhiyāṃ vṛttiḥ kṛtā sā nṛṇāṃtāmanveṣyatāṃ prayānti satataṃ sarve samāptiṃ guṇāḥ ||97||

Translation

Food that can be got effortlessly without violence has been created as air, by Brahmaa for the serpents. The cows and other animals lie down on any ground satisfied by eating the grass-sprouts. There is some way of life made for those who have intellects capable of crossing over the ocean of worldly existence. For those who find it, all the Gunas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas) end forever. ॥ 97 ॥