त्वदनुपथं कुलायमिदमात्मसुहृत्प्रियव- च्चरति तथोन्मुखे त्वयि हिते प्रिय आत्मनि च । न बत रमन्त्यहो असदुपासनयात्महनो यदनुशया भ्रमन्त्युरुभये कुशरीरभृत: ॥ २२ ॥
tvad-anupathaṁ kulāyam idam ātma-suhṛt-priya-vac carati tathonmukhe tvayi hite priya ātmani ca na bata ramanty aho asad-upāsanayātma-hano yad-anuśayā bhramanty uru-bhaye ku-śarīra-bhṛtaḥ
- tvat
- You
- anupatham
- useful for serving
- kulāyam
- body
- idam
- this
- ātma
- self
- suhṛt
- friend
- priya
- and beloved
- vat
- as
- carati
- acts
- tathā
- nevertheless
- unmukhe
- who are favorably disposed
- tvayi
- in You
- hite
- who are helpful
- priye
- who are affectionate
- ātmani
- who are their very Self
- ca
- and
- na
- not
- bata
- alas
- ramanti
- they take pleasure
- aho
- ah
- asat
- of the unreal
- upāsanayā
- by worship
- ātma
- themselves
- hanaḥ
- killing
- yat
- in which (worship of the unreal)
- anuśayāḥ
- whose persistent desires
- bhramanti
- they wander
- uru
- greatly
- bhaye
- in the fearful (material existence)
- ku
- degraded
- śarīra
- bodies
- bhṛtaḥ
- carrying
When this human body is used for Your devotional service, it acts as one’s self, friend and beloved. But unfortunately, although You always show mercy to the conditioned souls and affectionately help them in every way, and although You are their true Self, people in general fail to delight in You. Instead they commit spiritual suicide by worshiping illusion. Alas, because they persistently hope for success in their devotion to the unreal, they continue to wander about this greatly fearful world, assuming various degraded bodies.