दिष्ट्या व्यवसितं भूपा भवन्त ऋतभाषिण: । श्रीयैश्वर्यमदोन्नाहं पश्य उन्मादकं नृणाम् ॥ १९ ॥
diṣṭyā vyavasitaṁ bhūpā bhavanta ṛta-bhāṣiṇaḥ śrīy-aiśvarya-madonnāhaṁ paśya unmādakaṁ nṛṇām
- diṣṭyā
- fortunate
- vyavasitam
- your resolve
- bhūpāḥ
- O kings
- bhavantaḥ
- you
- ṛta
- truthfully
- bhāṣiṇaḥ
- speaking
- śrī
- of opulence
- aiśvarya
- and power
- mada
- due to the intoxication
- unnāham
- lack of restraint
- paśye
- I see
- unmādakam
- maddening
- nṛṇām
- for human beings
Fortunately you have come to the proper conclusion, my dear kings, and what you have spoken is true. I can see that human beings’ lack of self-restraint, which arises from their intoxication with opulence and power, simply leads to madness.