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Eaten by Pleasures
Bhartrihari · Vairagya Shataka 7
भोगा न भुक्ता वयमेव भुक्ताः
तपो न तप्तं वयमेव तप्ताः ।
कालो न यातो वयमेव याता-
स्तृष्णा न जीर्णा वयमेव जीर्णाः
Meaning · English
We did not eat pleasures, they ate us. We did not burn penance, it burned us. Time did not go, we went. Craving did not age, we did.
अर्थ · हिन्दी
हमने भोग नहीं भोगे, भोगों ने हमें भोग लिया। हमने तप नहीं तपा, हम ही तप गए। समय नहीं बीता, हम बीत गए। तृष्णा बूढ़ी नहीं हुई, हम बूढ़े हो गए।
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