#066 , VERSES 66 TO 70
66. Kim gateena yadi saa na jiivati? Praan`iti priyatamaa tathaa api kim? Iti udiikshya nava meegha maalikaam, na prayaati pathikaha sva mandiram. Here, the poet is describing a wayfarer who did not go home, analysing his thoughts in a renounced mind. ‘What if my beloved is alive? What if my beloved is dead? I have renounced the world. It is immaterial whether I stay here or I go home. Thus thinking, the traveller is ignoring the tempting messages made by the new clouds. 67. Viramita budhaa yooshita sangaat sukhaat kshan`a bhanguraat; Kuruta karun`a maitrii pragnaa vadhuujana sangamam; Na khalu narakee haaraakraantam manas ta na mand`alam, S`aran`am; athavaa s`roon`ii bimbam ran`an man`ii meekhalam. The poet is addressing the wise scholars: ‘Oh pandits! Withdraw your mind from the thoughts of transient luxurious union with women. Befriend the girls called ‘compassion, amity, and talent’. The lace-filled breasts and the sound-making waist-ornamented hips of women are ...