राज्यैश्वर्यमदोन्नद्धो न श्रेयो विन्दते नृप: । त्वन्मायामोहितोऽनित्या मन्यते सम्पदोऽचला: ॥ १० ॥
rājyaiśvarya-madonnaddho na śreyo vindate nṛpaḥ tvan-māyā-mohito ’nityā manyate sampado ’calāḥ
- rājya
- with sovereignty
- aiśvarya
- and opulence
- mada
- by the intoxication
- unnaddhaḥ
- becoming unrestrained
- na
- does not
- śreyaḥ
- real benefit
- vindate
- obtain
- nṛpaḥ
- a king
- tvat
- Your
- māyā
- by the potency of illusion
- mohitaḥ
- deluded
- anityāḥ
- temporary
- manyate
- he thinks
- sampadaḥ
- assets
- acalāḥ
- permanent
Infatuated with his opulence and ruling power, a king loses all self-restraint and cannot obtain his true welfare. Thus bewildered by Your illusory energy, he imagines his temporary assets to be permanent.