पिङ्गलोवाच अहो मे मोहविततिं पश्यताविजितात्मन: । या कान्तादसत: कामं कामये येन बालिशा ॥ ३० ॥
piṅgalovāca aho me moha-vitatiṁ paśyatāvijitātmanaḥ yā kāntād asataḥ kāmaṁ kāmaye yena bāliśā
- piṅgalā
- Piṅgalā
- uvāca
- said
- aho
- oh
- me
- my
- moha
- of illusion
- vitatim
- expansion
- paśyata
- just see, everyone
- avijita-ātmanaḥ
- of one whose mind is not controlled
- yā
- which person (me)
- kāntāt
- from a lover
- asataḥ
- useless, insignificant
- kāmam
- lusty pleasure
- kāmaye
- I desire
- yena
- because
- bāliśā
- I am a fool
The prostitute Piṅgalā said: Just see how greatly illusioned I am! Because I cannot control my mind, just like a fool I desire lusty pleasure from an insignificant man.