आजीव्यैकतरं भावं यस्त्वन्यमुपजीवति । न तस्माद् विन्दते क्षेमं जारान् नार्यसती यथा ॥ १९ ॥
ājīvyaikataraṁ bhāvaṁ yas tv anyam upajīvati na tasmād vindate kṣemaṁ jārān nāry asatī yathā
- ājīvya
- sustaining his life
- ekataram
- one
- bhāvam
- entity
- yaḥ
- who
- tu
- but
- anyam
- another
- upajīvati
- resorts to
- na
- not
- tasmāt
- from that one
- vindate
- gains
- kṣemam
- real benefit
- jārāt
- from a paramour
- nārī
- a woman
- asatī
- who is unchaste
- yathā
- as
If one thing is actually sustaining our life but we take shelter of something else, how can we achieve any real benefit? We would be like an unfaithful woman, who can never achieve any actual benefit by consorting with her paramour.