It has some thing in it for every one who delves into its pages.Īll glory to the king of kings – the true Vikrama Aaditya in the true sense, Bhagawan BhartruHari – the poet supreme, the knower supreme of the truth supreme – the confluence of initially a prosperous pleasure mongering king immersed in the pool of pleasures and indulgence rolling and strolling in the garden of senses and their objects and the supreme hero transform finally of the fame of mighty valour of clear contemplation of ripeness of sharp and brilliant intellect and intelligence – happening all in the world inner, of that of the seeking mind! Hail him for the nobility and grand treasures of highest worth he gifted to the world of ferment Hail his royal order of sage Hail him in the sanctuary of your heart of hearts! He laid to rest all mysteries and all doubts of humanity by his royal ascetic order of pure, non-vitiated life of serene clarity.

It teaches morality to those who would llike lead a moral life. It provides metrical delight to lovers of poetry by the use of common meters such as Indravajra, Upendravajra, Vasantatilaka, Malini, Sikharini, Mandakranta, Sardulavikridita, Sragdhara etc. It provides philosophy to those interested in it. Students of Sanskrit are sure to have read selections from Subhashita Trishati which encompasses almost every experience known to man and pours them forth in beautiful poetry. It was he who gave us the immortal Subhashita Trishati consisting the trilogy of Neeti Sataka, Sringara Sataka and Vairagya Sataka which truly reflect his life expeiences as a king, as a lover and as an ascetic.

His life presents to us a living account of a person’s transformation from a pleasure-loving king to an ascetic. He was the elder step brother of the renowned Vikramaaditya. The great philosopher-poet, Bharthruhari, was the King of Ujjain.

Vairagya shatak in gujarati