श्रीब्राह्मण उवाच सुखमैन्द्रियकं राजन् स्वर्गे नरक एव च । देहिनां यद् यथा दु:खं तस्मान्नेच्छेत तद् बुध: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-brāhmaṇa uvāca sukham aindriyakaṁ rājan svarge naraka eva ca dehināṁ yad yathā duḥkhaṁ tasmān neccheta tad-budhaḥ
- śrī-brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca
- the saintly brāhmaṇa said
- sukham
- happiness
- aindriyakam
- generated from the material senses
- rājan
- O King
- svarge
- in material heaven
- narake
- in hell
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- also
- dehinām
- of the embodied living beings
- yat
- since
- yathā
- just as
- duḥkham
- unhappiness
- tasmāt
- therefore
- na
- not
- iccheta
- should desire
- tat
- that
- budhaḥ
- one who knows
The saintly brāhmaṇa said: O King, the embodied living entity automatically experiences unhappiness in heaven or hell. Similarly, happiness will also be experienced, even without one’s seeking it. Therefore a person of intelligent discrimination does not make any endeavor to obtain such material happiness.