स्वर्गापवर्गयोर्द्वारं प्राप्य लोकमिमं पुमान् । द्रविणे कोऽनुषज्जेत मर्त्योऽनर्थस्य धामनि ॥ २३ ॥
svargāpavargayor dvāraṁ prāpya lokam imaṁ pumān draviṇe ko ’nuṣajjeta martyo ’narthasya dhāmani
- svarga
- of heaven
- apavargayoḥ
- and liberation
- dvāram
- the gateway
- prāpya
- achieving
- lokam
- the human life
- imam
- this
- pumān
- a person
- draviṇe
- to property
- kaḥ
- who
- anuṣajjeta
- will become attached
- martyaḥ
- prone to death
- anarthasya
- of worthlessness
- dhāmani
- in the realm
What mortal man, having achieved this human life, which is the very gateway to both heaven and liberation, would willingly become attached to that abode of worthlessness, material property?