ममैष कालोऽजित निष्फलो गतो राज्यश्रियोन्नद्धमदस्य भूपते: । मर्त्यात्मबुद्धे: सुतदारकोशभू- ष्वासज्जमानस्य दुरन्तचिन्तया ॥ ४७ ॥
mamaiṣa kālo ’jita niṣphalo gato rājya-śriyonnaddha-madasya bhū-pateḥ martyātma-buddheḥ suta-dāra-kośa-bhūṣv āsajjamānasya duranta-cintayā
- mama
- my
- eṣaḥ
- this
- kālaḥ
- time
- ajita
- O unconquerable one
- niṣphalaḥ
- fruitlessly
- gataḥ
- now gone
- rājya
- by kingdom
- śriyā
- and opulence
- unnaddha
- built up
- madasya
- whose intoxication
- bhūpateḥ
- a king of the earth
- martya
- the mortal body
- ātma
- as the self
- buddheḥ
- whose mentality
- suta
- to children
- dāra
- wives
- kośa
- treasury
- bhūṣu
- and land
- āsajjamānasya
- becoming attached
- duranta
- endless
- cintayā
- with anxiety
I have wasted all this time, O unconquerable one, becoming more and more intoxicated by my domain and opulence as an earthly king. Misidentifying the mortal body as the self, becoming attached to children, wives, treasury and land, I suffered endless anxiety.