कस्मात् सङ्क्लिश्यते विद्वान् व्यर्थयार्थेहयासकृत् । कस्यचिन्मायया नूनं लोकोऽयं सुविमोहित: ॥ २६ ॥
kasmāt saṅkliśyate vidvān vyarthayārthehayāsakṛt kasyacin māyayā nūnaṁ loko ’yaṁ su-vimohitaḥ
- kasmāt
- why
- saṅkliśyate
- suffers
- vidvān
- one who is wise
- vyarthayā
- vain
- artha-īhayā
- in the pursuit of wealth
- asakṛt
- constantly
- kasyacit
- of someone
- māyayā
- by the illusory potency
- nūnam
- certainly
- lokaḥ
- the world
- ayam
- this
- su-vimohitaḥ
- very much bewildered
Why must an intelligent man suffer by his constant vain efforts to get wealth? Indeed, this whole world is most bewildered by someone’s illusory potency.