कालिय उवाच वयं खला: सहोत्पत्त्या तामसा दीर्घमन्यव: । स्वभावो दुस्त्यजो नाथ लोकानां यदसद्ग्रह: ॥ ५६ ॥
kāliya uvāca vayaṁ khalāḥ sahotpattyā tamasā dīrgha-manyavaḥ svabhāvo dustyajo nātha lokānāṁ yad asad-grahaḥ
- kāliyaḥ uvāca
- Kāliya said
- vayam
- we
- khalāḥ
- envious
- saha utpattyā
- by our very birth
- tāmasāḥ
- of ignorant nature
- dīrgha-manyavaḥ
- constantly angry
- svabhāvaḥ
- one’s material nature
- dustyajaḥ
- is very difficult to give up
- nātha
- O Lord
- lokānām
- for ordinary persons
- yat
- because of which
- asat
- of the unreal and impure
- grahaḥ
- the acceptance
The serpent Kāliya said: Our very birth as a snake has made us envious, ignorant and constantly angry. O my Lord, it is so difficult for people to give up their conditioned nature, by which they identify with that which is unreal.