Shloka 8

अम्बरीषगाथा—गुणत्रयविभागः तथा लोभनिग्रहः

Ambarīṣa’s Gāthā: The Guṇas and the Restraint of Greed

Devanagari script

यत्प्रयुक्तो जन्तुरयं वैतृष्ण्यं नाधिगच्छति । तृष्णार्त इह निम्नानि धावमानो न बुध्यते,“उसीकी प्रेरणासे इस प्राणीको वैराग्य नहीं होता। तृष्णाके वशमें पड़ा हुआ मनुष्य संसारमें नीच कर्मोंकी ओर दौड़ता है, सचेत नहीं होता

Transliteration

yatprayukto jantur ayaṁ vaitṛṣṇyaṁ nādhigacchati | tṛṣṇārta iha nimnāni dhāvamāno na budhyate ||

Translation

Driven by that very impulse, this living being does not attain freedom from craving. Afflicted by thirst for objects, he rushes here toward low and degrading actions, and in that headlong pursuit he does not become aware—he fails to wake up to what is truly beneficial.

Word by Word

यत्that (which)

प्रयुक्तःimpelled/urged

जन्तुःcreature, being

अयम्this

वैindeed

वैतृष्ण्यम्dispassion, freedom from craving

नnot

अधिगच्छतिattains, reaches

तृष्णा-आर्तःafflicted by craving

इहhere, in this world

निम्नानिlow places; base (acts/paths)

धावमानःrunning, rushing

नnot

बुध्यतेunderstands, becomes aware

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (speaker)

ज

जन्तु (living being)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes