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44lP( 9l69l 4~P ]TP
BP 4 9l6|9| lBl4H9| l4H9
B 6 46 (l5| 4 6 9l l4HlPl
PBlB 9l69 T|54lB T| (l5

vayamiha paritu valkalaistva duklai
sama iva paritoo nirvieo viea |
sa tu bhavatu daridro yasya t vil
manasi ca paritue ko'rthavn ko daridra ||

- Vairaagyashatakam

Translation:

We are content to wear garments made of bark of trees and you with dress made of soft
material. But the contentment is alike; the difference in attire makes no difference. He whose
desires are huge is indeed poor. If the contentment is in the mind, then who is rich and who is
poor?


Points for Introspection:

A king told his Guru that he was very sad to see the Guru wearing bark of a tree which was
very coarse to the skin. The king thereby requested his Guru to wear the silken dresses which
he would humbly offer to him. This shloka is the reply of the Guru to the disciple king.
Contentment is in the mind. A person may be happy under a tree wearing bark and eating
flattened rice, but another may not be happy remaining in a palace wearing costly dresses and
eating sumptuous and delicious meals. The mind which has intense desire can never be
contented. A person having no desire is ever-contented and he alone can be called rich. A
Verses for Introspection
Maa Gurupriya

poor man is one who in spite of abundant riches suffers in the mind because of lack of
contentment, arising from desires.
Whenever our mind is smitten by desire, and suffers from lack of contentment we should
remember this shloka.


Word Meaning:

44P

(vayam) we; ( (iha) here; 9l69l (paritu) satisfied, contented; 4~P

(valkalai) by garments made of the bark of a tree; ~P

(tvam) - you; ]TP (duklai)

by garments made of a fine cloth; BP (sama) same, similar; 4 (iva) in the same
manner, like; 9l6|9 (paritoa) delight; lBl4H9 (nirviea) undiscriminating,
having no difference; l4H9 (viea) distinction, characteristic difference; B (sa)
he; 6 (tu) indeed; 46 (bhavatu) be; (l5 (daridra) poor; 4 (yasya) whose;
6 9l (t) desire; l4HlPl (vil) large, extensive; PBlB (manasi) in the mind;
(ca) and; 9l69 (paritue) contented, completely satisfied; T (ka) who;
4lB

(arthavn) wealthy, rich; T (ka) who; (l5 (daridra) poor

4 4 4 4

44P

( 4~P 9l69l ~P

]TP (9l69 ) BP 4 9l6|9 lBl4H9 l4H9 4

6 9l l4HlPl B 6 (l5 46 PBlB 9l69 T 4lB T

(l5

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Narayanashrama Tapovanam, 2009
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