37 The web
‘I fear for him, sire. I’m sure he’s sleeping badly... And he finds little joy in anything. He doesn’t even seem to take any pleasure in his work. I really worry that he might suddenly go, without telling anyone — I’ve heard him muttering with envy about that beggar! And you know he’s always talking of giving up the throne, and living in the forest.’
‘A beggar, did you say?’
Arjuna was taking this opportunity to speak to Narada about his brother, before the rishi left Indraprastha.
‘Yes, sire, a beggar... a beggar who was here for the Rajasuya.’
‘That’s worrying. But perhaps he should go to the forest — to discover that it offers no escape. For as everybody knows, the man who cannot be contented with little is seldom contented with much; so the man who is not contented with
