राजन्नेते मया प्रोक्ता नरदेवास्तथापरे । भूमौ ममत्वं कृत्वान्ते हित्वेमां निधनं गता: ॥ ४० ॥
rājann ete mayā proktā nara-devās tathāpare bhūmau mamatvaṁ kṛtvānte hitvemāṁ nidhanaṁ gatāḥ
- rājan
- O King Parīkṣit
- ete
- these
- mayā
- by me
- proktāḥ
- described
- nara-devāḥ
- kings
- tathā
- and
- apare
- other human beings
- bhūmau
- upon the earth
- mamatvam
- possessiveness
- kṛtvā
- exerting
- ante
- in the end
- hitvā
- giving up
- imām
- this world
- nidhanam
- destruction
- gatāḥ
- met
My dear King Parīkṣit, all these kings I have described, as well as all other human beings, come to this earth and stake their claims, but ultimately they all must give up this world and meet their destruction.