क्षुत्तृट्त्रिकालगुणमारुतजैह्वशैष्णा- नस्मानपारजलधीनतितीर्य केचित् । क्रोधस्य यान्ति विफलस्य वशं पदे गो- र्मज्जन्ति दुश्चरतपश्च वृथोत्सृजन्ति ॥ ११ ॥
kṣut-tṛṭ-tri-kāla-guṇa-māruta-jaihva-śaiṣṇān asmān apāra-jaladhīn atitīrya kecit krodhasya yānti viphalasya vaśaṁ pade gor majjanti duścara-tapaś ca vṛthotsṛjanti
- kṣut
- hunger
- tṛṭ
- thirst
- tri-kāla-guṇa
- the manifestations of the three phases of time (such as heat and cold, rain and so on)
- māruta
- wind
- jaihva
- enjoyment of the tongue
- śaiṣṇān
- and of the genitals
- asmān
- ourselves (in all these forms)
- apāra
- limitless
- jala-dhīn
- oceans
- atitīrya
- having crossed over
- kecit
- some persons
- krodhasya
- of anger
- yānti
- they come
- viphalasya
- which is fruitless
- vaśam
- under the sway
- pade
- in the foot(print)
- goḥ
- of a cow
- majjanti
- they drown
- duścara
- difficult to execute
- tapaḥ
- their austerities
- ca
- and
- vṛthā
- without any good purpose
- utsṛjanti
- they throw away
Some men practice severe penances to cross beyond our influence, which is like an immeasurable ocean with endless waves of hunger, thirst, heat, cold and the other conditions brought about by the passing of time, such as the sensuous wind and the urges of the tongue and sex organs. Nevertheless, although crossing this ocean of sense gratification through severe penances, such persons foolishly drown in a cow’s hoofprint when conquered by useless anger. Thus they exhaust the benefit of their difficult austerities in vain.