VAIRAGYA SHATAKAM----BHARTRHARI ----VERSE -31

BHOGE ROGABAYAM,KULECHUTI BAYAM,VITTHA NRUPALATBAYAM,MANE DHAINYA BAYAM, BALE RIPU BAYAM, RUPE JARAYA BAYAM. SHASTRE VADI BAYAM, GUNE KHALA BAYAM KHAYE KRUTANTHATH BAYAM, SARVAM VASTU BAYANVITHAM, BHUVI NRUNAM VAIRAGYAMEVA BAYAM.----------------------------------------IN ENJOYMENT, THERE IS THE FEAR OF DISEASE, IN SOCIAL POSITION, THE FAR OF FALLING OFF, IN WEALTH, THE FEAR OF HOSTILE KINGS, IN HONOUR THE FEAR OF HUMILIATION, IN POWER THE FEAR OF ENEMIES, IN BEAUTY, THE FEAR OF OLD AGE, IN SCRIPTURAL ERUDITION, THE FEAR OF OPPONENTS, IN VIRTUE, THE FEAR OF MISREPRESENTATION IN AN UNFAVOURABLE WAY, IN BODY THE FEAR OF DEATH,ALL THE THINGS OF THE WORLD PERTAINING TO MAN ARE FILLED WITH FEAR, RENUNCIATION ALONE STANDS FOR FEARLESSNESS.