यथाबुधो जलं हित्वा प्रतिच्छन्नं तदुद्भवै: । अभ्येति मृगतृष्णां वै तद्वत्त्वाहं पराङ्मुख: ॥ २६ ॥
yathābudho jalaṁ hitvā praticchannaṁ tad-udbhavaiḥ abhyeti mṛga-tṛṣṇāṁ vai tadvat tvāhaṁ parāṅ-mukhaḥ
- yathā
- as
- abudhaḥ
- someone who is unintelligent
- jalam
- water
- hitvā
- overlooking
- praticchannam
- covered
- tat-udbhavaiḥ
- by the plants growing in it
- abhyeti
- approaches
- mṛga-tṛṣṇām
- a mirage
- vai
- indeed
- tadvat
- in that same way
- tvā
- You
- aham
- I
- parāk-mukhaḥ
- turned away
Just as a fool overlooks a body of water covered by the vegetation growing in it and chases a mirage, so I have turned away from You.