Bhavana Sataka

Author(s): A S Gopani, Dharmshila Mahasati, Girishkumar P Shah Pandit
Publisher: Labhubhai P Mehta

Page 25

हा मातः कमले धनी तव सदा वृद्धये करोति श्रम, शीतादिव्यसनं प्रसह्य सततं त्वां पेटके न्यस्यति । चौरेभ्यः परिरक्षणाय लभते निद्रासुखं नो क्वचिद् धौव्यं नो भजसे तथापि चपले त्वं निर्दया कीदृशी ॥४॥
Meaning :- Oh! Wealth ! how much are you served by your owner ? Without taking into account the biting cold and the scorching heat he goes on wandering from villlage to village in search after you. With sky as his covering and ground as his bed, he puts in a secure place like a box, or a treasury, or a cupboard. He himself never enjoys the bliss of sleep just to save you from being looted by the thieves or the robbers. And he does not shrink back from hazarding his own life for your sake when and if required. Oh! you ! fickle minded wealth! you do not stay permanently with your master and also you do not serve him well even though he undergoes a lot of hardships for your sake. What sort of cruelty is this on your part! Is it that you return the obligation by non-obligation ? (4)