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owns
 
owns nothing, I find here. none

equal. I weighed on the scales poverty

and kingdom; superior in its virtues,

poverty weighed more. Eternally alarmed

is the rich man, like one in the jaws of

death.
 
SANTI PARVA
 

 
'श्रिया ह्यभीक्ष्णं संवासो मोहयत्यविचक्षणम् ।

अथैनं रूपमानश्च धनमानश्च विन्दति ॥
 

"A constant association with riches con-

founds the undiscerning person. Pride of

his own beauty and wealth come to him

then.
 

 
'नात्यक्त्वा सुखमाप्नोति नात्यक्त्वा विन्दते परम्।

नात्यक्त्वा चाभयश्शेते त्यक्त्वा सर्वं सुखी भवेत् ॥
 

"Not without giving up does one attain

happiness ; not without giving up does

one attain the Supreme ; not without

giving up does one rest without any fear;

giving up everything, one becomes happy.
 

 
'सर्वसाम्यमनायासस्सत्यवाक्यं च [भारत] ।

निर्वेदश्चाविधित्सा च यस्य स्यात्स सुखी नरः ॥