यथामयोऽसाधुचिकित्सितो नृणां पुन: पुन: सन्तुदति प्ररोहन् । एवं मनोऽपक्वकषायकर्म कुयोगिनं विध्यति सर्वसङ्गम् ॥ २८ ॥
yathāmayo ’sādhu cikitsito nṛṇāṁ punaḥ punaḥ santudati prarohan evaṁ mano ’pakva-kaṣāya-karma kuyoginaṁ vidhyati sarva-saṅgam
- yathā
- as
- āmayaḥ
- a disease
- asādhu
- imperfectly
- cikitsitaḥ
- treated
- nṛṇām
- of men
- punaḥ punaḥ
- again and again
- santudati
- gives distress
- prarohan
- rising up
- evam
- in the same way
- manaḥ
- the mind
- apakva
- unpurified
- kaṣāya
- of contamination
- karma
- from its activities
- ku-yoginam
- the imperfect yogī
- vidhyati
- torments
- sarva-saṅgam
- who is full of all kinds of material attachment
Just as an improperly treated disease recurs and gives repeated distress to the patient, the mind that is not completely purified of its perverted tendencies will remain attached to material things and repeatedly torment the imperfect yogī.