देहात्मवादिनां पुंसामपि राजन्यसत्तम । यथा देह: प्रियतमस्तथा न ह्यनु ये च तम् ॥ ५२ ॥
dehātma-vādināṁ puṁsām api rājanya-sattama yathā dehaḥ priyatamas tathā na hy anu ye ca tam
- deha-ātma-vādinām
- who ascribe to the view that the body is the self
- puṁsām
- for persons
- api
- indeed
- rājanya-sat-tama
- O best of kings
- yathā
- as
- dehaḥ
- the body
- priya-tamaḥ
- most dear
- tathā
- thus
- na
- not
- hi
- certainly
- anu
- relative
- ye
- which things
- ca
- and
- tam
- to that
Indeed, for persons who think the body is the self, O best of kings, those things whose importance lies only in their relationship to the body are never as dear as the body itself.