ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [64]
Gātha 62
The grandeur (Lakṣmī) of the royal kingdom is first secured by tying it inextricably to mighty vassals (ministers and generals) wearing head-gears to display their allegiance. The guards, with swords in their hands, are in place to protect it. Then there is the army. Still, it perishes in a jiff, as the flame of the earthen-lamp by the wind of the fly-whisk. What hope is there for the steadiness of the fortune of the ordinary man?
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