OR THE HUNDRED VERSES ON RENUNCIATION 17
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27. When there is the fruit of trees easily obtainable at will in every forest, when there is cool refreshing drink in holy streams from place to place and soft bed made of tender twigs and creepers, still (alas ! ) men aggrieved with lucre undergo sorrows at the doors of the rich.
���28. Reposing on the bed of Stone within the mountain cave, during intervals of meditation, (well) may I recollect with an inward smile the days of those afflicted through their suing be- fore the rich, or of those growri mean through their minds being content with seek- ing enjoyments. *"
[ If this verse is read differently with ^^% for 3^5% and ^rarnOT for^TOTrftl, the idea becomes, in the words of Mr. Telang, this: "The suppliant of the rich thinks the days too long as he has to suffer the trouble of constant entreaties often unsuccess- ful ; the person engaged in the pursuit of worldly
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