श्रीउद्धव उवाच विदन्ति मर्त्या: प्रायेण विषयान् पदमापदाम् । तथापि भुञ्जते कृष्ण तत्कथं श्वखराजवत् ॥ ८ ॥
śrī-uddhava uvāca vidanti martyāḥ prāyeṇa viṣayān padam āpadām tathāpi bhuñjate kṛṣṇa tat kathaṁ śva-kharāja-vat
- śrī-uddhavaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Uddhava said
- vidanti
- they know
- martyāḥ
- human beings
- prāyeṇa
- generally
- viṣayān
- sense gratification
- padam
- a situation
- āpadām
- of many miserable conditions
- tathā api
- even so
- bhuñjate
- they enjoy
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- tat
- such sense gratification
- katham
- how is it possible
- śva
- dogs
- khara
- asses
- aja
- and goats
- vat
- just like
Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Kṛṣṇa, generally human beings know that material life brings great future unhappiness, and still they try to enjoy material life. My dear Lord, how can one in knowledge act just like a dog, an ass or a goat?