न हि तत् कुशलादृत्यं तदायासो ह्यपार्थक: । अन्तवत्त्वाच्छरीरस्य फलस्येव वनस्पते: ॥ ४२ ॥
na hi tat kuśalādṛtyaṁ tad-āyāso hy apārthakaḥ antavattvāc charīrasya phalasyeva vanaspateḥ
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- tat
- that
- kuśala
- by those expert in transcendental knowledge
- ādṛtyam
- to be respected
- tat
- of that
- āyāsaḥ
- the endeavor
- hi
- certainly
- apārthakaḥ
- useless
- anta-vattvāt
- because of being subject to destruction
- śarīrasya
- on the part of the material body
- phalasya
- of the fruit
- iva
- just as
- vanaspateḥ
- of a tree
This mystic bodily perfection is not valued very highly by those expert in transcendental knowledge. Indeed, they consider endeavor for such perfection useless, since the soul, like a tree, is permanent, but the body, like a tree’s fruit, is subject to destruction.