Bags of sugar are set on the ox; but, after all,
he gets dry stalks to eat. Camels carry boxes
of precious goods; but they get only thorns.
Thus all our efforts are futile; they only multiply
our desires, and they hand us over bound to Yama.
The man who really gains something, enjoys it;
others, poor creatures, exhaust themselves in vain.
Learn wisdom, O fool, says Tuka; do not go
whirling round in the wheel of the eighty-four.
he gets dry stalks to eat. Camels carry boxes
of precious goods; but they get only thorns.
Thus all our efforts are futile; they only multiply
our desires, and they hand us over bound to Yama.
The man who really gains something, enjoys it;
others, poor creatures, exhaust themselves in vain.
Learn wisdom, O fool, says Tuka; do not go
whirling round in the wheel of the eighty-four.