न देहिनां सुखं किञ्चिद् विद्यते विदुषामपि । तथा च दु:खं मूढानां वृथाहङ्करणं परम् ॥ १८ ॥
na dehināṁ sukhaṁ kiñcid vidyate viduṣām api tathā ca duḥkhaṁ mūḍhānāṁ vṛthāhaṅkaraṇaṁ param
- na
- not
- dehinām
- of embodied beings
- sukham
- happiness
- kiñcit
- some
- vidyate
- there is
- viduṣām
- of those who are intelligent
- api
- even
- tathā
- similarly
- ca
- also
- duḥkham
- unhappiness
- mūḍhānām
- of the big fools
- vṛthā
- useless
- ahaṅkaraṇam
- false ego
- param
- only, or completely
It is observed within the material world that sometimes even an intelligent person is not happy. Similarly, sometimes even a great fool is happy. The concept of becoming happy through expertly performing material activities is simply a useless exhibition of false egotism.