आसन्नुत्पथगामिन्य: क्षुद्रनद्योऽनुशुष्यती: । पुंसो यथास्वतन्त्रस्य देहद्रविणसम्पद: ॥ १० ॥
āsann utpatha-gāminyaḥ kṣudra-nadyo ’nuśuṣyatīḥ puṁso yathāsvatantrasya deha-draviṇa-sampadaḥ
- āsan
- they became
- utpatha-gāminyaḥ
- strayed from their courses
- kṣudra
- insignificant
- nadyaḥ
- the rivers
- anuśuṣyatīḥ
- drying up
- puṁsaḥ
- of a person
- yathā
- as
- asvatantrasya
- who is not independent (that is, who is under the control of his senses)
- deha
- the body
- draviṇa
- physical property
- sampadaḥ
- and riches
With the advent of the rainy season, the insignificant streams, which had become dry, began to swell and then strayed from their proper courses, like the body, property and money of a man controlled by the urges of his senses.