कथं सेयमखण्डा भू: पूर्वैर्मे पुरुषैर्धृता । मत्पुत्रस्य च पौत्रस्य मत्पूर्वा वंशजस्य वा ॥ ४२ ॥
kathaṁ seyam akhaṇḍā bhūḥ pūrvair me puruṣair dhṛtā mat-putrasya ca pautrasya mat-pūrvā vaṁśa-jasya vā
- katham
- how
- sā iyam
- this same
- akhaṇḍā
- unbounded
- bhūḥ
- earth
- pūrvaiḥ
- by the predecessors
- me
- my
- puruṣaiḥ
- by the personalities
- dhṛtā
- held in control
- mat-putrasya
- of my son
- ca
- and
- pautrasya
- of the grandson
- mat-pūrvā
- now under my sway
- vaṁśa-jasya
- of the descendant
- vā
- or
[The materialistic king thinks:] “This unbounded earth was held by my predecessors and is now under my sovereignty. How can I arrange for it to remain in the hands of my sons, grandsons and other descendants?”