देवसंज्ञितमप्यन्ते कृमिविड्भस्मसंज्ञितम् । भूतध्रुक्तत्कृते स्वार्थं किं वेद निरयो यत: ॥ १० ॥
deva-saṁjñitam apy ante kṛmi-viḍ-bhasma-saṁjñitam bhūta-dhruk tat-kṛte svārthaṁ kiṁ veda nirayo yataḥ
- deva-saṁjñitam
- the body now known as a very exalted person, like president, minister or even demigod
- api
- even if the body is so exalted
- ante
- after death
- kṛmi
- turns into worms
- viṭ
- or into stool
- bhasma-saṁjñitam
- or into ashes
- bhūta-dhruk
- a person who does not accept the śāstric injunctions and is unnecessarily envious of other living entities
- tat-kṛte
- by acting in that way
- sva-artham
- self-interest
- kim
- who is there
- veda
- who knows
- nirayaḥ yataḥ
- because from such sinful activities one must suffer hellish conditions
While living one may be proud of one’s body, thinking oneself a very big man, minister, president or even demigod, but whatever one may be, after death this body will turn either into worms, into stool or into ashes. If one kills poor animals to satisfy the temporary whims of this body, one does not know that he will suffer in his next birth, for such a sinful miscreant must go to hell and suffer the results of his actions.