gaṅ rnams bsgrubs nas daṅ ni rnam par spel nas daṅ | | yoṅs su bskyaṅs nas daṅ ni bde bar ’gro min la | |
lci ba’i me ma mur daṅ rab mtshuṅs de rnams su | | ’dod pa rnams la sems ldan su yi dga’ ba yin | |
as those who enter the mountains or the seas have much to contend with and little rest,
866. ’As the fruit which grows on a high tree, and is grasped at by the covetous at the risk of life, so is the region (matter) of covetous desire, tho’ they see the difficulty of getting it,
867. ’Yet how painfully do men scheme after wealth, difficult to acquire, easy to dissipate, as that which is got in a dream, how can the wise man hoard up (such trash)!
868. ’Like covering over with a false surface a hole full of fire, slipping thro’ which the body is burnt, so is the fire of covetous desire. The wise man meddles not with it.