502.

Hark! here the sound of lute so sweet,

And there the voice of wailing loud;

Here scholars grave in conclave meet,

There howls the brawling drunken crowd;

Here, charming maidens full of glee,

There, tottering, withered dames we see.

Such light! Such shade! I cannot tell,

If here we live in heaven or hell.

Bhartrihari.