परस्वभावकर्माणि य: प्रशंसति निन्दति । स आशु भ्रश्यते स्वार्थादसत्यभिनिवेशत: ॥ २ ॥
para-svabhāva-karmāṇi yaḥ praśaṁsati nindati sa āśu bhraśyate svārthād asaty abhiniveśataḥ
- para
- another’s
- svabhāva
- personality
- karmāṇi
- and work
- yaḥ
- who
- praśaṁsati
- praises
- nindati
- criticizes
- saḥ
- he
- āśu
- quickly
- bhraśyate
- falls down
- sva-arthāt
- from his own interest
- asati
- in unreality
- abhiniveśataḥ
- because of becoming entangled
Whoever indulges in praising or criticizing the qualities and behavior of others will quickly become deviated from his own best interest by his entanglement in illusory dualities.