प्रमत्तमुच्चैरितिकृत्यचिन्तया प्रवृद्धलोभं विषयेषु लालसम् । त्वमप्रमत्त: सहसाभिपद्यसे क्षुल्लेलिहानोऽहिरिवाखुमन्तक: ॥ ४९ ॥
pramattam uccair itikṛtya-cintayā pravṛddha-lobhaṁ viṣayeṣu lālasam tvam apramattaḥ sahasābhipadyase kṣul-lelihāno ’hir ivākhum antakaḥ
- pramattam
- thoroughly deluded
- uccaiḥ
- extensive
- iti-kṛtya
- of what needs to be done
- cintayā
- with thought
- pravṛddha
- increased fully
- lobham
- whose greed
- viṣayeṣu
- for sense objects
- lālasam
- hankering
- tvam
- You
- apramattaḥ
- not deluded
- sahasā
- suddenly
- abhipadyase
- confront
- kṣut
- out of thirst
- lelihānaḥ
- licking its fangs
- ahiḥ
- a snake
- iva
- as
- ākhum
- a mouse
- antakaḥ
- death
A man obsessed with thoughts of what he thinks needs to be done, intensely greedy, and delighting in sense enjoyment is suddenly confronted by You, who are ever alert. Like a hungry snake licking its fangs before a mouse, You appear before him as death.