अथो न राज्यं मृगतृष्णिरूपितं देहेन शश्वत् पतता रुजां भुवा । उपासितव्यं स्पृहयामहे विभो क्रियाफलं प्रेत्य च कर्णरोचनम् ॥ १४ ॥
atho na rājyam mṛga-tṛṣṇi-rūpitaṁ dehena śaśvat patatā rujāṁ bhuvā upāsitavyaṁ spṛhayāmahe vibho kriyā-phalaṁ pretya ca karṇa-rocanam
- atha u
- henceforward
- na
- not
- rājyam
- kingdom
- mṛga-tṛṣṇi
- like a mirage
- rūpitam
- which appears
- dehena
- by the material body
- śaśvat
- perpetually
- patatā
- subject to demise
- rujām
- of diseases
- bhuvā
- the birthplace
- upāsitavyam
- to be served
- spṛhayāmahe
- do we hanker for
- vibho
- O almighty Lord
- kriyā
- of pious work
- phalam
- the fruit
- pretya
- having passed to the next life
- ca
- and
- karṇa
- for the ears
- rocanam
- enticement
Never again will we hanker for a miragelike kingdom — a kingdom that must be slavishly served by this mortal body, which is simply a source of disease and suffering and which is declining at every moment. Nor, O almighty Lord, will we hanker to enjoy the heavenly fruits of pious work in the next life, since the promise of such rewards is simply an empty enticement for the ears.