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Viveka-śatakam

their glorious lotus mouths through my ears, I always
remain very delighted at heart.

TEXT 98
्तािा: कुत्र कथिामृ्तापन पिब्त: क्ासौ िुन: संसृप्त:

शोक: कुत्र मद: क् कुत्र प्वषया: क्रो्: क् काम: क् ्वा ।
रोभ: कुत्र ्तम: क् कुत्र मरणाद्भीप्त: क् ्वा मतसर:
े
क: से्व्त न ्ते ्स् ु रद्गुणकथिां सतकथयमानां बु्: ॥ ९८ ॥

tāpāḥ kutra kathāmṛtāni pibataḥ kvāsau punaḥ saṁsṛtiḥ
śokaḥ kutra madaḥ kva kutra viṣayāḥ krodhaḥ kva kāmaḥ kva vā |
lobhaḥ kutra tamaḥ kva kutra maraṇād bhītiḥ kva vā matsaraḥ
kaḥ seveta na te sphurad-guṇa-kathāṁ sat-kathyamānāṁ budhaḥ ||98||

Word-For-Word Meanings
tāpāḥ – the threefold miseries; kutra – where; kathāmṛtāni –
nectarean topics; pibataḥ – for one drinking; kva – where;
asau – that; punaḥ – again; saṁsṛtiḥ – the cycle of birth and
death; śokaḥ- distress; kutra – where; madaḥ – madness;
kva – where; kutra – where; viṣayāḥ – sensual enjoyment;
krodhaḥ – anger; kva – where; kāmaḥ – lust; kva – where;
vā – or; lobhaḥ – greed; kutra – where; tamaḥ – ignorance;
kva – where; kutra – where; maraṇāt – of death; bhītiḥ –
fear; kva – where; vā – or; matsaraḥ – envy; kaḥ – who;
seveta – would honour; na – not; te – Your; sphurad-guṇa-
kathām – the vibrant narrations about Your qualities;
sat-kathyamānām – being spoken by the saintly devotees;
budhaḥ – an intelligent person.