मन्दस्य मन्दप्रज्ञस्य वयो मन्दायुषश्च वै । निद्रया ह्रियते नक्तं दिवा च व्यर्थकर्मभि: ॥ ९ ॥
mandasya manda-prajnasya vayo mandayusas ca vai nidraya hriyate naktam diva ca vyartha-karmabhih
- mandasya
- of the lazy
- manda
- paltry
- prajnasya
- of intelligence
- vayah
- age
- manda
- short
- ayusah
- of duration of life
- ca
- and
- vai
- exactly
- nidraya
- by sleeping
- hriyate
- passes away
- naktam
- night
- diva
- daytime
- ca
- also
- vyartha
- for nothing
- karmabhih
- by activities.
Lazy human beings with paltry intelligence and a short duration of life pass the night sleeping and the day performing activities that are for naught.