जिह्वयातिप्रमाथिन्या जनो रसविमोहित: । मृत्युमृच्छत्यसद्बुद्धिर्मीनस्तु बडिशैर्यथा ॥ १९ ॥
jihvayāti-pramāthinyā jano rasa-vimohitaḥ mṛtyum ṛcchaty asad-buddhir mīnas tu baḍiśair yathā
- jihvayā
- by the tongue
- ati-pramāthinyā
- which is extremely disturbing
- janaḥ
- a person
- rasa-vimohitaḥ
- bewildered by attraction to taste
- mṛtyum
- death
- ṛcchati
- achieves
- asat
- useless
- buddhiḥ
- whose intelligence
- mīnaḥ
- the fish
- tu
- indeed
- baḍiśaiḥ
- by the hooks
- yathā
- just as
Just as a fish, incited by the desire to enjoy his tongue, is fatally trapped on the fisherman’s hook, similarly, a foolish person is bewildered by the extremely disturbing urges of the tongue and thus is ruined.