विसृज्य स्मयमानान् स्वान् दृशं व्रीडां च दैहिकीम् । प्रणमेद् दण्डवद् भूमावाश्वचाण्डालगोखरम् ॥ १६ ॥
visṛjya smayamānān svān dṛśaṁ vrīḍāṁ ca daihikīm praṇamed daṇḍa-vad bhūmāv ā-śva-cāṇḍāla-go-kharam
- visṛjya
- giving up
- smayamānān
- who are laughing
- svān
- one’s own friends
- dṛśam
- the outlook
- vrīḍām
- the embarrassment
- ca
- and
- daihikīm
- of the bodily conception
- praṇamet
- one should offer obeisances
- daṇḍa-vat
- falling down like a rod
- bhūmau
- upon the ground
- ā
- even
- śva
- to the dogs
- cāṇḍāla
- outcastes
- go
- cows
- kharam
- and asses
Disregarding the ridicule of one’s companions, one should give up the bodily conception and its accompanying embarrassment. One should offer obeisances before all — even the dogs, outcastes, cows and asses — falling flat upon the ground like a rod.