रम्ये धनेषु दारादौ शोकस्यावसरो हि कः ।इन्द्रजालेक्षणाद्दृष्टे नष्टे का परिदेवना
In plain words
Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: In wealth, and a wife, and the rest, delightful though they are, what real occasion is there for grief? When what was seen in watching a conjuror's illusion is lost, what lament can there be?