देहापत्यकलत्रादिष्वात्मसैन्येष्वसत्स्वपि । तेषां प्रमत्तो निधनं पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥ ४ ॥
dehapatya-kalatradisv atma-sainyesv asatsv api tesam pramatto nidhanam pasyann api na pasyati
- deha
- body
- apatya
- children
- kalatra
- wife
- adisu
- and in everything in relation to them
- atma
- own
- sainyesu
- fighting soldiers
- asatsu
- fallible
- api
- in spite of
- tesam
- of all of them
- pramattah
- too attached
- nidhanam
- destruction
- pasyan
- having been experienced
- api
- although
- na
- does not
- pasyati
- see it.
Persons devoid of atma-tattva do not inquire into the problems of life, being too attached to the fallible soldiers like the body, children and wife. Although sufficiently experienced, they still do not see their inevitable destruction.