असन्तुष्टोऽसकृल्लोकानाप्नोत्यपि सुरेश्वर: । अकिञ्चनोऽपि सन्तुष्ट: शेते सर्वाङ्गविज्वर: ॥ ३२ ॥
asantuṣṭo ’sakṛl lokān āpnoty api sureśvaraḥ akiñcano ’pi santuṣṭaḥ śete sarvāṅga-vijvaraḥ
- asantuṣṭaḥ
- dissatisfied
- asakṛt
- repeatedly
- lokān
- various planets
- āpnoti
- he attains
- api
- even though
- sura
- of the demigods
- īśvaraḥ
- the master
- akiñcanaḥ
- possessing nothing
- api
- even
- santuṣṭaḥ
- satisfied
- śete
- he rests
- sarva
- all
- aṅga
- his limbs
- vijvaraḥ
- free of distress
An unsatisfied brāhmaṇa wanders restlessly from one planet to another, even if he becomes King of heaven. But a satisfied brāhmaṇa, though he may possess nothing, rests peacefully, all his limbs free of distress.