स निष्क्रामति संसारे दृढग्राही स तिष्ठति ४२.
One who is firmly attached remains in saṃsāra; one who departs is freed.
पुंसामज्ञातदोषेण नानाकर्मवशेन च ४२.
Because of the faults unknown to man and the force of various actions,
यथा जरायुणा देही दुःखं तिष्ठति वेष्टितः ४२.
Just as the embodied soul, wrapped in the membrane, endures suffering,
गर्भोदकेन सिक्तांगस्तथाऽऽस्ते व्याकुलः पुमान् ४२.
So too does a man, his limbs soaked in amniotic fluid, remain distressed.
गर्भकुम्भे तथा क्षिप्तः पच्यते जठराग्निना ४२.
Cast into the womb, he is cooked by the fire of the belly.
यद्दुःखं जायते तस्य तद्गर्भेऽष्टगुणं भवेत् ४२.
Whatever suffering arises for him, in the womb it becomes eightfold.
चरस्थिराणां सर्वेषामात्मगर्भानुरूपतः ४२.
For all moving and unmoving beings, it is according to the nature of their own womb.
मृतश्चाहं पुनर्जातो जातश्चाहं पुनर्मृतः ४२.
I have died and been born again; having been born, I have died again.
अधुना जातमात्रोऽहं प्राप्तसंस्कार एव च ४२.
Now I am just born, and have already received the rites of passage.
अध्येष्यामि हरेर्ज्ञानं संसारविनिवर्तनम् ४२.
I will study the knowledge of Hari, which brings release from saṃsāra.
गभात्कोटिगुणं दुःखं जायमानस्य जायते ४२.
For one being born, the suffering is a crore times greater than in the womb.
स्पृष्टमात्रस्य बाह्येन वायुना मूढता भवेत् ४२.
As soon as he is touched by the outside air, confusion arises.
स्मृतिभ्रंशात्ततस्तस्य पूर्वकर्मवशेन च ४२.
Then, due to loss of memory and the force of previous actions,
रक्तो मूढश्च लोकोयमकार्ये संप्रवर्तते ४२.
He becomes attached and deluded, and engages in improper actions in the world.
न श्रृणोति परं श्रेयः सति चक्षुषि नेक्षते ४२.
He does not hear the highest good, nor does he see it even when he has eyes.
सत्यां बुद्धौ न जानाति बोध्यमानो बुधैरपि ४२.
Even when his intellect is sound, he does not know, though instructed even by the wise.
गर्भस्मृतेरभावेन शास्त्रमुक्तं महर्षिभिः ४२.
Because of the absence of memory from the womb, the scriptures as declared by the great sages are to be relied upon.
ये शास्त्रज्ञाने सत्यस्मिन्सर्वकर्मार्थसाधके ४२.
Those who possess true knowledge of scripture, which is the means to accomplish all actions, are indeed established in truth.
अव्यक्तेन्द्रियवृत्तित्वाद्बाल्ये दुःखं महत्पुनः ४२.
In childhood, due to the unmanifest activity of the senses, there is again great suffering.
दंतोत्थाने महद्दुःखं मौलेन व्याधिना तथा ४२.
When teeth emerge, there is great pain, as well as from head ailments and disease.
तृड्बुभुक्षापरीतांगः क्वचित्तिष्ठति रारटन् ४२.
Afflicted by thirst and hunger, sometimes the body remains, crying out.
कौमारे कर्णवेधेन मातापित्रोर्विताडनैः ४२.
In childhood, there is pain from ear-piercing and from the beatings of mother and father.
प्रमत्तेंद्रियवृत्तैश्च कामरागप्रपीडनात् ४२.
With uncontrolled sense activities and the torment of desire and passion, there is suffering.
ईर्ष्यया सुमहद्दुःखं मोहाद्रक्तस्य जायते ४२.
From jealousy arises very great pain, and from delusion, for one who is passionate.
न रात्रौ विंदते निद्रा कामाग्निपरिखेदितः ४२.
Tormented by the fire of desire, he does not find sleep at night.
नारीषु त्वनुभूतासु सर्वदोषाश्रयासु च ४२.
In women who have been experienced, and who are the abode of all faults—
सन्मानमपमानेन वियोगेनेष्टसंगमः ४२.
Honor is lost through insult, and union with the beloved is broken by separation.
वलीपलितकायेन शिथिलीकृतविग्रहः ४२.
With a body marked by wrinkles and gray hair, the form becomes weakened.
स्त्रीपुंसोर्यौवनं रूपं यदन्योन्याश्रयं पुरा ४२.
The youth and beauty of man and woman, which once depended on each other—
जराभिभूतःपुरुषः पत्नीपुत्रादिबांधवैः ४२.
A man overcome by old age is abandoned by wife, sons, and other relatives.