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ઇબ્દોપદેશ Wealth is no remedy for worldly ills 13. Wealth hard to earn, and retain,
Unstable most, and most unsafe, One is never safe and sound with it,
As fever patient with use of ghee. 25 14. A rich man like the common folk,
Infested though with diverse woes, Yet being filled with self conceit, He thinks himself immortal being. 26 Like fools taking perch on tree, In the midst of forest fire, He does not look to roaring flames,
Engulfing him like other beings. 27 15. With passage of the fleeting time,
Near and near man draws to end, But how strong is the lust of pelf,
He looks to wealth and not to end. 28 16. A poor man wanting heaps of wealth,
To give them off in public alms, Is like a fool who puts on mud,
To wash it off with holy bath. 29 17. The lustful pleasures of the world,
No sure hand-maids of the wealth, They while departing leave behind,
Grief : and sorrow for the mind. 30 18. Nor body is the end of life,
It is too frail and short in time,
