प्राणबुद्धिमन:स्वात्मदारापत्यधनादय: । यत्सम्पर्कात्प्रिया आसंस्तत: को न्वपर: प्रिय: ॥ २७ ॥
prāṇa-buddhi-manaḥ-svātma dārāpatya-dhanādayaḥ yat-samparkāt priyā āsaṁs tataḥ ko nv aparaḥ priyaḥ
- prāṇa
- one’s vital force
- buddhi
- intelligence
- manaḥ
- mind
- sva
- relatives
- ātma
- body
- dāra
- wife
- apatya
- children
- dhana
- wealth
- ādayaḥ
- and so forth
- yat
- with which (self)
- samparkāt
- because of contact
- priyāḥ
- dear
- āsan
- have become
- tataḥ
- than that
- kaḥ
- what
- nu
- indeed
- aparaḥ
- other
- priyaḥ
- dear object
It is only by contact with the self that one’s vital breath, intelligence, mind, friends, body, wife, children, wealth and so on are dear. Therefore what object can possibly be more dear than one’s own self?