पुष्णाति यानधर्मेण स्वबुद्ध्या तमपण्डितम् । तेऽकृतार्थं प्रहिण्वन्ति प्राणा राय: सुतादय: ॥ २३ ॥
puṣṇāti yān adharmeṇa sva-buddhyā tam apaṇḍitam te ’kṛtārthaṁ prahiṇvanti prāṇā rāyaḥ sutādayaḥ
- puṣṇāti
- nourishes
- yān
- which things
- adharmeṇa
- by sinful activity
- sva-buddhyā
- thinking them to be his own
- tam
- him
- apaṇḍitam
- uneducated
- te
- they
- akṛta-artham
- his purposes frustrated
- prahiṇvanti
- abandon
- prāṇāḥ
- life air
- rāyaḥ
- wealth
- suta-ādayaḥ
- children and others
A fool indulges in sin to maintain his life, wealth and children and other relatives, for he thinks, “These things are mine.” In the end, however, these very things all abandon him, leaving him frustrated.