नैकत्र प्रियसंवास: सुहृदां चित्रकर्मणाम् । ओघेन व्यूह्यमानानां प्लवानां स्रोतसो यथा ॥ २५ ॥
naikatra priya-saṁvāsaḥ suhṛdāṁ citra-karmaṇām oghena vyūhyamānānāṁ plavānāṁ srotaso yathā
- na
- not
- ekatra
- in one place
- priya-saṁvāsaḥ
- living together with dear friends and relatives
- suhṛdām
- of friends
- citra-karmaṇām
- of all of us who have had varieties of reactions to our past karma
- oghena
- by the force
- vyūhyamānānām
- carried away
- plavānām
- of sticks and other objects floating in the water
- srotasaḥ
- of the waves
- yathā
- as
Many planks and sticks, unable to stay together, are carried away by the force of a river’s waves. Similarly, although we are intimately related with friends and family members, we are unable to stay together because of our varied past deeds and the waves of time.