तस्यैव हेतो: प्रयतेत कोविदो न लभ्यते यद्भ्रमतामुपर्यध: । तल्लभ्यते दु:खवदन्यत: सुखं कालेन सर्वत्र गभीररंहसा ॥ १८ ॥
tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramatam upary adhah tal labhyate duhkhavad anyatah sukham kalena sarvatra gabhira-ramhasa
- tasya
- for that purpose
- eva
- only
- hetoh
- reason
- prayateta
- should endeavor
- kovidah
- one who is philosophically inclined
- na labhyate
- is not obtained
- yat
- what
- bhramatam
- wandering
- upari adhah
- from top to bottom
- tat
- that
- labhyate
- can be obtained
- duhkhavat
- like the miseries
- anyatah
- as a result of previous work
- sukham
- sense enjoyment
- kalena
- in course of time
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- gabhira
- subtle
- ramhasa
- progress
Persons who are actually intelligent and philosophically inclined should endeavor only for that purposeful end which is not obtainable even by wandering from the topmost plane (Brahmaloka) down to the lowest planet (Patala). As far as happiness derived from sense enjoyment is concerned, it can be obtained automatically in course of time, just as in course of time we obtain miseries even though we do not desire them.