त्वं तु कल्प: कविर्दक्ष: सुभगोऽमृतभाषण: । न कर्ता नेहसे किञ्चिज्जडोन्मत्तपिशाचवत् ॥ २८ ॥
tvaṁ tu kalpaḥ kavir dakṣaḥ su-bhago ’mṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥ na kartā nehase kiñcij jaḍonmatta-piśāca-vat
- tvam
- you
- tu
- however
- kalpaḥ
- capable
- kaviḥ
- learned
- dakṣaḥ
- expert
- su-bhagaḥ
- handsome
- amṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥ
- having nectarean speech
- na
- are not
- kartā
- a doer
- na īhase
- you do not desire
- kiñcit
- anything
- jaḍa
- stupefied
- unmatta
- maddened
- piśāca-vat
- like a ghostly creature
You, however, although capable, learned, expert, handsome and most eloquent, are not engaged in doing anything, nor do you desire anything; rather, you appear stupefied and maddened as if you were a ghostly creature.