स्वार्थस्याकोविदं धिङ् मां मूर्खं पण्डितमानिनम् । योऽहमीश्वरतां प्राप्य स्त्रीभिर्गोखरवज्जित: ॥ १३ ॥
svārthasyākovidaṁ dhiṅ māṁ mūrkhaṁ paṇḍita-māninam yo ’ham īśvaratāṁ prāpya strībhir go-khara-vaj jitaḥ
- sva-arthasya
- his own best interest
- akovidam
- who does not know
- dhik
- to hell
- mām
- with me
- mūrkham
- a fool
- paṇḍita-māninam
- imagining himself to be a great scholar
- yaḥ
- who
- aham
- I
- īśvaratām
- the position of lordship
- prāpya
- achieving
- strībhiḥ
- by women
- go-khara-vat
- like a bullock or an ass
- jitaḥ
- conquered
To hell with me! I am such a fool that I didn’t even know what was good for me, although I arrogantly thought I was highly intelligent. Although I achieved the exalted position of a lord, I allowed myself to be conquered by women as if I were a bullock or a jackass.