स चाहेदमहो कष्टं वृथात्मा मेऽनुतापित: । न धर्माय न कामाय यस्यार्थायास ईदृश: ॥ १४ ॥
sa cāhedam aho kaṣṭaṁ vṛthātmā me ’nutāpitaḥ na dharmāya na kāmāya yasyārthāyāsa īdṛśaḥ
- saḥ
- he
- ca
- and
- āha
- spoke
- idam
- this
- aho
- alas
- kaṣṭam
- the painful misfortune
- vṛthā
- vainly
- ātmā
- the self
- me
- my
- anutāpitaḥ
- distressed
- na
- not
- dharmāya
- for religiosity
- na
- nor
- kāmāya
- for sense gratification
- yasya
- whose
- artha
- for wealth
- āyāsaḥ
- labor
- īdṛśaḥ
- such as this
The brāhmaṇa spoke as follows: O what great misfortune! I have simply tormented myself uselessly, struggling so hard for money that was not even intended for religiosity or material enjoyment.