न नर: स्वर्गतिं काङ्क्षेन्नारकीं वा विचक्षण: । नेमं लोकं च काङ्क्षेत देहावेशात् प्रमाद्यति ॥ १३ ॥
na naraḥ svar-gatiṁ kāṅkṣen nārakīṁ vā vicakṣaṇaḥ nemaṁ lokaṁ ca kāṅkṣeta dehāveśāt pramādyati
- na
- never
- naraḥ
- a human being
- svaḥ-gatim
- promotion to heaven
- kāṅkṣet
- should desire
- nārakīm
- to hell
- vā
- or
- vicakṣaṇaḥ
- a learned person
- na
- nor
- imam
- this
- lokam
- earth planet
- ca
- also
- kāṅkṣeta
- one should desire
- deha
- in the material body
- āveśāt
- from absorption
- pramādyati
- one becomes a fool
A human being who is wise should never desire promotion to heavenly planets or residence in hell. Indeed, a human being should also never desire permanent residence on the earth, for by such absorption in the material body one becomes foolishly negligent of one’s actual self-interest.