64. Clear of delusion and earn devotion to Him whose crown is begemmed with the crescent. Oh heart, accept attachment to some spot on the banks of the celestial river (Gaiga). What reliability is there on waves or bubbles, flashes of lightning or (Smiles of) fortune, in tongues of fame, serpents, or hosts of friends ?
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चेतश्चिन्तय मा रमां सकृदिसमस्थायिनीमस्थया |
65. O heart, never for a while earnestly think of the frail goddess of fortune, whose business is to sell herself away while moving in her haunt, namely, the wrinkle of a king's brow (i.e. the bargain is struck by the smile or the frown of kings). Let us clothe ourselves in ragged garments and entering the doors of houses in the streets of Varanasi wait for the alms to be placed in the receptacle of our hands.
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अग्र गीतं सरसकवयः पार्श्वर्दाक्षिणात्याः |
66. If there are songs (going on) before you, sweet (skilfull) poets from the South by your side
