कामस्य नेन्द्रियप्रीतिर्लाभो जीवेत यावता । जीवस्य तत्त्वजिज्ञासा नार्थो यश्चेह कर्मभि: ॥ १० ॥
kamasya nendriya-pritir labho jiveta yavata jivasya tattva-jijnasa nartho yas ceha karmabhih
- kamasya
- of desires
- na
- not
- indriya
- senses
- pritih
- satisfaction
- labhah
- gain
- jiveta
- self-preservation
- yavata
- so much so
- jivasya
- of the living being
- tattva
- the Absolute Truth
- jijnasa
- inquiries
- na
- not
- arthah
- end
- yah ca iha
- whatsoever else
- karmabhih
- by occupational activities.
Life’s desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing else should be the goal of one’s works.