विषयाभिनिवेशेन नात्मानं वेद नापरम् । वृक्षजीविकया जीवन् व्यर्थं भस्त्रोव य: श्वसन् ॥ २२ ॥
viṣayābhiniveśena nātmānaṁ veda nāparam vṛkṣa jīvikayā jīvan vyarthaṁ bhastreva yaḥ śvasan
- viṣaya
- in sense gratification
- abhiniveśena
- by overabsorption
- na
- not
- ātmānam
- himself
- veda
- knows
- na
- nor
- aparam
- another
- vṛkṣa
- of a tree
- jīvakayā
- by the lifestyle
- jīvan
- living
- vyartham
- in vain
- bhastrā iva
- just like a bellows
- yaḥ
- who
- śvasan
- is breathing
Because of absorption in sense gratification, one cannot recognize himself or others. Living uselessly in ignorance like a tree, one is merely breathing just like a bellows.