ततस्तु तरुणभावेन धनार्जनमर्जितस्य रक्षणं तस्य नाशव्ययादिषु चात्यन्तदुःखिता मायया मोहिताः कामक्रोधादिदुष्टमनसाः सदासूयापरायणाः परस्वपरस्त्रीहरणोपायपरायणाः पुत्रमित्रकलत्रादिभरणोपायचिन्तापरायणा वृथाहङ्कारदूषिताः पुत्रादिषु व्याध्यादि पीडितेषु सत्सु सर्वव्यात्पिं परित्यज्य रोगादिभिः क्लेशितानां समीपे स्वयमाध्यात्मिकदुःखेन परिप्लुता वक्ष्यमाणप्रकारेण चितामश्नुवते
Then, in youth, he is greatly troubled by earning wealth, protecting what is acquired, and its inevitable loss and expenditure; deluded by illusion, with minds corrupted by desire and anger, always devoted to envy, intent on seizing others' wealth and wives, preoccupied with providing for sons, friends, and wives, tainted by vain pride; when his children and others are afflicted by disease, abandoning all, he himself, overwhelmed by inner suffering, approaches the funeral pyre in the manner to be described.
समृद्धस्य कुटुम्बस्य कथं भवति वर्त्तनम्
How will the prosperous family be maintained?
अश्वः पलायितः कुत्र गावः किं नागता मम
Where has the horse run off to? Why have the cows not returned to me?
अविचारात्कृषिर्नष्टा पुत्रा नित्यं रुदन्ति च
Through lack of discernment, the crops are lost, and my sons are always weeping.
न लभ्यते वर्त्तनं च राज बाधातिदुःसहा
Livelihood cannot be obtained, and, O King, the oppression from the ruler is unbearable.
व्यवसायाक्षमश्चाहं प्रात्पाः प्राघूर्णका अमी
I am incapable of enterprise, and these companions are all lazy and unsteady.
एवमत्यन्तचिन्ताकुलः स्वदुःखानि निवारयितुमक्षमो धिग्विधिं भाग्यहीनं मां किमर्थं विदधे इति दैवमाक्षिपति
Thus, overwhelmed by constant anxiety, unable to dispel his own sufferings, he reproaches fate, saying, 'Fie upon destiny! Why did fate create me, so devoid of fortune?'
प्रकंपमानावयवश्वासकासादिपीडितो लोलाविललोचनः श्लेष्मण्यात्पकण्ठः पुत्रदारादिभिर्भर्त्स्यमानः कदा मरणमुपयामीति चिन्ताकुलो मयि मृते सति मदर्जितं गृहक्षेत्रादिकं वस्तु पुत्रादयः कथं रक्षन्ति कस्य वा भविष्यति
Trembling in all his limbs, afflicted by breathlessness, cough, and the like, with restless, clouded eyes, his throat choked by phlegm, scolded by sons, wife, and others, he is filled with anxious thoughts: 'When will death come to me? After I die, how will my sons and others protect the house, fields, and property I acquired? To whom will they belong?'
मद्धने परैरपहृते पुत्रादीनां कथं वर्त्तनं भविष्यतीति ममतादुःखपरिप्लुतो गाढं निःश्वस्य स्वेन वयसा कृतानि कर्माणि पुनः पुनः स्मरन् क्षणे विस्मरति च संततस्त्वासन्नमरणो
When my wealth is taken away by others, how will my sons and the rest survive? Overwhelmed by the sorrow of attachment, sighing deeply, he repeatedly remembers and forgets the deeds he performed in his lifetime, while death draws ever nearer.
व्याधिपीडितो ऽन्तस्तापार्तः क्षणं शय्यायां क्षणं मञ्चे च ततस्ततः पर्यटन् क्षुत्तृटूपरिपूडितः किञ्चिन्मात्रमुदकं देहीत्यतिकार्पण्येन याचमानस्तत्रापि ज्वराविष्टानामुदकं न श्रेयस्करमिति ब्रुवतो मनसातिद्वेषं कुर्वन्मन्द चैतन्यो भवति
Afflicted by disease, burning within, he shifts from bed to cot, tormented by hunger and thirst, begging in utter misery for even a little water, but when told by those suffering from fever that water is not beneficial, he feels great resentment in his mind and becomes dull-witted.
ततश्च हस्तपादाकर्षणे न तु क्षमो रुद्रद्भिबन्धुजनैर्वेष्टितो वक्तुमक्षमः स्वार्जितधनादिकं कस्य भविष्यतीति चिन्तापरो बाष्पाविलविलोचनः कण्ठे वुरघुरायमाणे सति शरीरान्निष्क्रान्तप्राणो यमदूतैर्भर्त्स्यमानः पाशयन्त्रितो नरकादीन्पूर्ववदश्नुते
Then, unable to move his hands and feet, surrounded by weeping relatives and friends, unable to speak, preoccupied with thoughts of who will possess his earned wealth and property, his eyes filled with tears, as his throat rattles, when his life departs from his body, he is seized by the messengers of Yama, bound with fetters, and experiences hell and other realms as before.
तथैव जीविनः सर्व आकर्मप्रक्षयाद् भृशम्
In the same way, all living beings, until the exhaustion of their karma, undergo intense suffering.
अभ्यसेत्परमं ज्ञानं ज्ञानान्मोक्षमवान्पुयात्
One should practice supreme knowledge; through knowledge, one attains liberation.
तस्मात्संसारमोक्षाय परं ज्ञानं समभ्यसेत्
Therefore, for liberation from worldly existence, one should diligently cultivate supreme knowledge.
हरिं न सेवते यस्तु को ऽन्यस्तस्मादचेतनः
Whoever does not serve Hari—who else is as insensible as he?
आस्थिते कामदे विष्णो नरा यान्ति हि यातनाम्
Men who are attached to desires, not to Viṣṇu, indeed go to suffering.
स्थिते ऽपि ज्ञानरहिताः पच्यन्ते नरकेष्वहो
Even while alive, those devoid of knowledge are tormented in hell—alas!
शाश्वतं भावयन्त्यज्ञा महामोहसमावृताः
The ignorant, enveloped in great delusion, imagine the world to be eternal.
संसारच्छेदकं विष्णुं न भजेत्सो ऽतिपातकी
He who does not worship Viṣṇu, the destroyer of worldly bondage, is a great sinner.
हरिध्यानपरो विप्र चण्डालो ऽपि महासुखी
Even a caṇḍāla devoted to meditation on Hari, O brāhmaṇa, attains great happiness.
उद्वेग मानवा मूर्खाः किं न यान्ति हि पापिनः
Why would not sinful, foolish men, full of anxiety, go to ruin?
तल्लब्ध्वा परलोकार्थं यत्नं कुर्य्याद्विचक्षणः
Having obtained this, the wise should strive for the good of the next world.
लभन्ते परमं स्थानं पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
They attain the supreme state, which is difficult to return from.
यस्मिंश्च विलयं याति स संसारस्य मोचकः
He in whom dissolution occurs is the liberator from worldly existence.
तं समभ्यर्च्य देवेशं संसारात्परिमुच्यते
By worshipping that Lord of gods, one is freed from worldly existence.
संसारपाशबद्धानां दुःखानि सुबहूनि च
For those bound by the fetters of worldly existence, there are indeed many sufferings.
येनोपायेन मोक्षः स्यात्तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन
By what means can liberation be attained? Tell me that, O possessor of austerity.
भुज्यन्ते च मुनिश्रेष्ठ तेषां नाशः कथं भवेत्
And, O best of sages, how can their sufferings be destroyed?
कामाल्लोभाभिभूतः स्याल्लोभात्क्रोधपरायणाः
Overcome by desire, a man becomes greedy; from greed, he becomes given to anger.
प्रनष्टबुद्धिर्मनुजः पुनः पापं करोति च
A man whose intellect is lost again commits sin.