य: प्राप्य मानुषं लोकं मुक्तिद्वारमपावृतम् । गृहेषु खगवत् सक्तस्तमारूढच्युतं विदु: ॥ ७४ ॥
yaḥ prāpya mānuṣaṁ lokaṁ mukti-dvāram apāvṛtam gṛheṣu khaga-vat saktas tam ārūḍha-cyutaṁ viduḥ
- yaḥ
- one who
- prāpya
- having achieved
- mānuṣam lokam
- the human form of life
- mukti
- of liberation
- dvāram
- the door
- apāvṛtam
- wide open
- gṛheṣu
- in family affairs
- khaga-vat
- like the bird of this story
- saktaḥ
- attached
- tam
- him
- ārūḍha
- having climbed high
- cyutam
- then falling
- viduḥ
- they consider
The doors of liberation are opened wide to one who has achieved human life. But if a human being simply devotes himself to family life like the foolish bird in this story, then he is to be considered as one who has climbed to a high place only to trip and fall down.