कीट: पेशस्कृतं ध्यायन् कुड्यां तेन प्रवेशित: । याति तत्सात्मतां राजन् पूर्वरूपमसन्त्यजन् ॥ २३ ॥
kīṭaḥ peśaskṛtaṁ dhyāyan kuḍyāṁ tena praveśitaḥ yāti tat-sātmatāṁ rājan pūrva-rūpam asantyajan
- kīṭaḥ
- an insect
- peśaskṛtam
- a wasp
- dhyāyan
- meditating on
- kuḍyām
- in his hive
- tena
- by the wasp
- praveśitaḥ
- forced to enter
- yāti
- he goes
- tat
- of the wasp
- sa-ātmatām
- the same state of existence
- rājan
- O King
- pūrva-rūpam
- the previous body
- asantyajan
- not giving up
O King, once a wasp forced a weaker insect to enter his hive and kept him trapped there. In great fear the weak insect constantly meditated upon his captor, and without giving up his body, he gradually achieved the same state of existence as the wasp. Thus one achieves a state of existence according to one’s constant concentration.