Rakshasa, thinks thee deceived and subjugated (by
his superior intelligence). It is for this that
thou art pale and lean. I think, thou art grieving
for those persons who with souls overwhelmed by the
lust and wrath are suffering misery in this world.
It is for this that thou art pale and lean. Though
graced with the possession of wisdom, thou art ridiculed
by others who are entirely destitute of it. Verily,
persons of wicked conduct are condemning thee.
It is for this that thou art pale and lean. Verily,
some enemy of thine, with a friendly tongue, coming
to thee behaved at first like a righteous person and
then has left thee, beguiling thee like a knave.
It is for this that thou art pale and lean. Thou
art well-conversant with the course of world’s
affairs. Thou art well-skilled in all mysteries.
Thou art endued with capacity. Those who know
thee to be such do not yet respect and praise thee.
It is for this that thou art pale and lean. Staying
in the midst of bad men engaged together in some enterprise,
thou hadst discoursed to them, dispelling their doubts.
For all that they did not admit thy superior merits.
It is for this that thou art pale and lean. Verily,
though destitute of wealth and intelligence and Vedic
lore, thou desirest yet, with the aid of thy energy
alone, to accomplish something great. It is for
this that thou art pale and lean. It seems that
although thou art resolved to undergo severe austerities
by retiring into the forest, yet thy kinsmen art not
favourably inclined towards this project of thine.
It is this for that thou art pale and lean. Some
neighbour of thine, possessed of great wealth and endued
with youth and handsome features, verily, covets thy
dear spouse. It is for this that thou art pale
and lean. The words spoken by thee, even when
excellent, in the midst of wealthy men, are not regarded
by them as wise or well-timed. It is for this
that thou art pale and lean. Some dear kinsman
of thine, destitute of intelligence though repeatedly
instructed in the scriptures, has become angry.
Thou hast not succeeded in pacifying him. It is
for this that thou art pale and lean. Verily,
some-body, having first set thee to the accomplishment
of some object desirable to thee is now seeking to
snatch the fruit thereof from thy grasp. It is
for this that thou art pale and lean. Verily,
though possessed of excellent accomplishments and
worshipped by all on that account, thou art yet regarded
by thy kinsmen as worshipped for their sake and not
for thy own. It is for this that thou art pale
and lean. Verily, through shame thou art unable
to give out some purpose in thy heart, moved also by
the inevitable delay that will occur in its accomplishment.
It is for this that thou art pale and lean. Verily,
thou desirest, with the aid of thy intelligence, to
bring under thy influence, diverse persons with diverse
kinds of understandings and inclinations. It is
for this that thou art pale and lean.[537] Destitute