Rich vs Poor : Prefer Jungle Life than An Insulting Life

There is a alwsys wide line between a poor and rich person in society. Ricer people alwsys suppress the poorer in somehow or the other. The same thing can also be seen in a family as well. Where a poorer relative has alwsys been considered low even if they were elders at home.

We have a very line in sanskrit in this context.

वरं वनं व्याघ्र गजेन्द्र सेवितं

द्रुमालयं पत्र फलाम्बुसेवनम्|

तृणेषु शय्या शतजीर्णवल्कलं

न बन्धुमध्ये धनहीन जीवनम्||

Varam vanam vyaaghra gajendra sevitam.
Drumaaalayam patra-phalaambu-sevanam.
Truneshu shayyaa shata-jeerna-valkalam.
Na bandhumadhye dhanaheena jeevanam.

Varam = preferable.
Vanam = a forest.
Vyaaghra = tiger.
Gajendra = King Elephant.
Sevitam = dwelt in.
Drumaalayam = dwelling in a tree.
Patra + phala + ambu.
Patra = leaves.
Phala = fruits.
Ambu = water.
Sevanam = resorting to.
Truneshu = grass.
Shayyaa = bed.
Shata + jeerna + valkalam.
Shata = hundred.
Jeerna = worn out.
Valkalam = garments made of the bark of a tree.
Na = not.
Bandhu = relatives.
Madhye = among, in the middle of.
Dhanaheena = poor.
Jeevanam = existence, livelihood.

The sanskrit lines wants to state that "Instead of living as a poor person among one's close relatives, it is far more preferable to live in a forest dominated by tigers and elephants, making a tree as a home and for food depend on the vegetation,fruits and water available there, sleep in a bed made of grass, wear badly torn garments made from the
bark of trees."

The main motive of these lines is to show the predicament of a poor person among his rich relatives has been depicted in a sarcastic way by saying that it is preferable to live in a forest full of wild animals and bear the hardships rather than the insult meted out to him by his rich relatives.

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