In my early years, I set out to acquire learning,
And I studied commentaries and inquired into Sutras and Shastras.
Distinguishing among terms and characteristics, I didn't know how to stop.
Entering the sea to count the sands I exhausted myself in vain.
But the Thus Come One reprimanded this folly:
What benefit is there in counting other's treasures?!
Unsuccessful all along, I felt I had practiced in vain.
Many years I wasted as a transient, like dust in the wind.