Saturday, April 9, 2011

पद्मनन्दनस्य वैराग्यशतक - नरत्वं


दृष्यन्ते बहवः कलासु कुशलास्ते च स्फुरत्कीर्तये
    सर्वस्वं वितरन्ति ये तृणमिव क्षुद्रैरपि प्रार्थिताः ।
धीरास्तेऽपि च ये त्यजन्ति झटिति प्राणान् कृते स्वामिनो
    द्वित्रास्ते तु नरा मनः समरसं येषां सुहृद्वैरिणोः ॥


- पद्मनन्दनस्य वैराग्यशतक


dRuShyante bahavaH kalAsu kushalAH te ca sphurat kIrtaye
    sarvasvaM vitaranti ye tRuNamiva kShudraiH api prArthitAH ।
dhIrAH te api ca ye tyajanti jhaTiti prANAn kRute svAmino
    dvitrAH te tu narA manaH samarasaM yeShAM suhRut vairiNoH ॥

- padmanandanasya vairagya shataka


You may find many people who are good at arts and whose fame has taken them places. You will find others who will give away all their wealth to the needy (even if they are undeserving) as if it were just a blade of grass. You will find courageous people who are ready to lay down their life without any hesitation for the sake of their masters. All these people are common. But you will find only two or three people in this entire world who treat both their enemies and well-wishers alike. That level of detachment is rare.

- Padmanandana Vairagya Shataka

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