"The poet Vidyapati said that in the society of friends, family , children, wife, etc., there is certainly some pleasure, but that pleasure is compared to a drop of water in the desert.
Everyone is hankering after happiness,
just as in the desert everyone is hankering after water.
just as in the desert everyone is hankering after water.
If, in the desert, there is a drop of water,
the water is there of course, but the benefit
from that drop of water is very insignificant.
the water is there of course, but the benefit
from that drop of water is very insignificant.
In our materialistic way of life, we are hankering
after an ocean of happiness,
but in the form of society, friends and mundane love,
we are getting no more than a drop of water.
after an ocean of happiness,
but in the form of society, friends and mundane love,
we are getting no more than a drop of water.
Our satisfaction is never achieved,
as the small rivulets, lakes and ponds
are never filled with water in the dry season."
KB Vol 1 Ch 20
as the small rivulets, lakes and ponds
are never filled with water in the dry season."
KB Vol 1 Ch 20
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