उदुम्बराणि संदृष्ट्वा जगृहुः क्षुधयार्दिताः
Seeing the udumbara fruits, afflicted by hunger, they took them.
अथ तानि समालक्ष्य गुरूणि मुनिसत्तमाः
Then, observing those heavy fruits, the eminent sages.
अत्रिरुवाच नास्माकं मुनयोऽज्ञानं नास्माकं गृहबुद्धयः
Atri said: 'We sages do not lack knowledge, nor do we possess householders’ minds.'
तस्मादेतानि संत्यज्य हेमगर्भाणि दूरतः
Therefore, abandoning these gold-filled fruits from afar.
सार्वभौमो महीपाल एकोऽन्यश्च निरीहकः
One is a universal sovereign, ruler of the earth; another is destitute and powerless.
धर्मार्थमपि विप्राणां संचयोऽर्थस्य गर्हितः
Even for the sake of righteousness or gain, the accumulation of wealth by Brahmins is censured.
त्यजतः संचयान्सर्वान्यांति हानिमुपद्रवाः
When one renounces all accumulations, losses and troubles depart.
निर्धनत्वं तथा राज्यं तुलायां धारयेद्बुधः
A wise person should weigh poverty and kingship equally in the balance.
अर्थैश्वर्यविमूढात्मा श्रेयसा मुच्यते हि सः ॥ ६.३२.
He whose mind is deluded by wealth and power is indeed deprived of true welfare.
अर्थसंपद्विमोहाय विमोहो नरकाय च
The prosperity of wealth leads to delusion, and delusion leads to hell.
योर्थेन साध्यते धर्मः क्षयिष्णुः स प्रकीर्तितः
That righteousness which is achieved through wealth is declared to be perishable.
चक्षुः श्रोत्रे तथा पुंसस्तृष्णैका तरुणायते
In a man, thirst alone makes the eye and ear ever youthful.
सूच्या सूत्रं यथा वस्त्रं संचारयति सूचिका
Just as a needle draws a thread through cloth, so does craving draw one along.
यथा शृंगं हि कायेन वर्द्धमानेन वर्धते। तद्वत्तृष्णापि वित्तेन वर्द्धमानेन वर्द्धते
As a horn grows with the body, so too does craving grow with increasing wealth.
अनंतपारा दुष्पूरा तृष्णा दुःखशतावहा
Craving is endless, boundless, hard to fill, and brings hundreds of sorrows.
गौतम उवाच सर्वोपीन्द्रियलौल्येन संकटे भ्रमति द्विजाः
Gautama said: O twice-born, through the greed of all the senses, one wanders in distress.
सर्वत्र संपदस्तस्य संतुष्टं यस्य मानसम्
For the one whose mind is content, there is prosperity everywhere.
संतोषामृततृप्तानां यत्सुखं शांतचेतसाम्
The happiness of those satisfied by the nectar of contentment, with peaceful minds—
असंतोषः परं दुःखं संतोषः परमं सुखम् ६.३२.
Discontent is the greatest sorrow; contentment is the highest happiness.
तथान्यो जायते पुंसस्तत्क्षणादेव कल्पितः
In the same way, another desire arises in a man, instantly conceived.
न जातु कामी कामानां सहस्रैरपि तुष्यति
A man of desires is never satisfied, even with thousands of objects of desire.
कामानभिलषन्मोहान्न नरः सुखमाप्नुयात्
A man, longing for pleasures out of delusion, does not attain happiness.
नित्यं सागरपर्यन्तां यो भुङ्क्ते पृथिवीमिमाम्
He who constantly enjoys this earth, bounded by the ocean,
न च पश्यति मन्दात्मा नरकं चा कुतोभयः
and yet, being dull-minded, does not see hell—how could he fear either?
प्रतिग्रहसमर्थानां निवृत्तानां प्रतिग्रहात्
Among those capable of accepting gifts, who have refrained from receiving them,
अरुन्धत्युवाच तृष्णा चैवमनाद्यन्ता स्थिता देहे शरीरिणाम्
Arundhati said: Desire, without beginning or end, abides in the bodies of embodied beings.
या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्या न जीर्यति जीर्यतः
It is hard to abandon for those of misguided mind; it does not decay, even as the body decays.
यदाचरन्ति विद्वांसः सदा धर्मपरायणाः।. तदेव विदुषा कार्यमात्मनो हितमिच्छता॥६.३२.
Whatever the wise, always devoted to righteousness, practice—that alone should be done by one who desires his own welfare.
चमत्कारपुरेक्षेत्रे विविशुस्ते ततः परम्
Having entered the field at Camatkārapura, then, beyond that,
तेनैव सहितास्तत्र गत्वा किञ्चिद्वनान्तरम्
Together with him, they went to a certain forest area.