अहो मयात्मा परितापितो वृथा साङ्केत्यवृत्त्यातिविगर्ह्यवार्तया । स्त्रैणान्नराद् यार्थतृषोऽनुशोच्यात् क्रीतेन वित्तं रतिमात्मनेच्छती ॥ ३२ ॥
aho mayātmā paritāpito vṛthā sāṅketya-vṛttyāti-vigarhya-vārtayā straiṇān narād yārtha-tṛṣo ’nuśocyāt krītena vittaṁ ratim ātmanecchatī
- aho
- oh
- mayā
- by me
- ātmā
- the soul
- paritāpitaḥ
- subjected to great pain
- vṛthā
- uselessly
- sāṅketya
- of a prostitute
- vṛttyā
- by the occupation
- ati-vigarhya
- most reprehensible
- vārtayā
- occupation
- straiṇāt
- from lusty woman-hunters
- narāt
- from men
- yā
- who (me)
- artha-tṛṣaḥ
- from the greedy
- anuśocyāt
- the pitiable
- krītena
- with that which was sold
- vittam
- money
- ratim
- sex pleasure
- ātmanā
- with my body
- icchatī
- desiring
Oh, how I have uselessly tortured my own soul! I have sold my body to lusty, greedy men who are themselves objects of pity. Thus practicing the most abominable profession of a prostitute, I hoped to get money and sex pleasure.