यस्त्वेतत् कृच्छ्रतश्चीर्णं तपो नि:श्रेयसं महत् । कामायाल्पीयसे युञ्ज्याद् बालिश: कोऽपरस्तत: ॥ १० ॥
yas tv etat kṛcchrataś cīrṇaṁ tapo niḥśreyasaṁ mahat kāmāyālpīyase yuñjyād bāliśaḥ ko ’paras tataḥ
- yaḥ
- one who
- tu
- indeed
- etat
- this
- kṛcchrataḥ
- with great penance
- cīrṇam
- for a long time
- tapaḥ
- austerity
- niḥśreyasam
- awarding ultimate liberation
- mahat
- glorious
- kāmāya
- for sense gratification
- alpīyase
- insignificant
- yuñjyāt
- practices
- bāliśaḥ
- such a fool
- kaḥ
- who
- aparaḥ
- else
- tataḥ
- besides him
One who with long endeavor executes this painful but exalted penance, which awards ultimate liberation, simply to achieve insignificant sense gratification must be considered the greatest fool.