आद्यन्तवन्त एवैषां लोका: कर्मविनिर्मिता: । दु:खोदर्कास्तमोनिष्ठा: क्षुद्रा मन्दा: शुचार्पिता: ॥ ११ ॥
ādy-anta-vanta evaiṣāṁ lokāḥ karma-vinirmitāḥ duḥkhodarkās tamo-niṣṭhāḥ kṣudrā mandāḥ śucārpitāḥ
- ādi-anta-vantaḥ
- possessing a beginning and end
- eva
- undoubtedly
- eṣām
- of them (the materialistic)
- lokāḥ
- achieved destinations
- karma
- by one’s material work
- vinirmitāḥ
- produced
- duḥkha
- misery
- udarkāḥ
- bringing as the future result
- tamaḥ
- ignorance
- niṣṭhāḥ
- situated in
- kṣudrāḥ
- meager
- mandāḥ
- wretched
- śucā
- with lamentation
- arpitāḥ
- filled
All the persons I have just mentioned obtain temporary fruits from their material work. Indeed, the meager and miserable situations they achieve bring future unhappiness and are based on ignorance. Even while enjoying the fruits of their work, such persons are filled with lamentation.