अर्थस्य साधने सिद्धे उत्कर्षे रक्षणे व्यये । नाशोपभोग आयासस्त्रासश्चिन्ता भ्रमो नृणाम् ॥ १७ ॥
arthasya sādhane siddhe utkarṣe rakṣaṇe vyaye nāśopabhoga āyāsas trāsaś cintā bhramo nṛṇām
- arthaysa
- of wealth
- sādhane
- in the earning
- siddhe
- in the attainment
- utkarṣe
- in the increasing
- rakṣaṇe
- in the protecting
- vyaye
- in the expending
- nāśa
- in the loss
- upabhoge
- and in the enjoyment
- āyāsaḥ
- labor
- trāsaḥ
- fear
- cintā
- anxiety
- bhramaḥ
- confusion
- nṛṇām
- for men
In the earning, attainment, increase, protection, expense, loss and enjoyment of wealth, all men experience great labor, fear, anxiety and delusion.