अर्वाक्स्रोतस्तु नवम: क्षत्तरेकविधो नृणाम् । रजोऽधिका: कर्मपरा दु:खे च सुखमानिन: ॥ २६ ॥
arvak-srotas tu navamah ksattar eka-vidho nrnam rajo ’dhikah karma-para duhkhe ca sukha-maninah
- arvak
- downwards
- srotah
- passage of food
- tu
- but
- navamah
- the ninth
- ksattah
- O Vidura
- eka-vidhah
- one species
- nrnam
- of human beings
- rajah
- the mode of passion
- adhikah
- very prominent
- karma-parah
- interested in working
- duhkhe
- in misery
- ca
- but
- sukha
- happiness
- maninah
- thinking.
The creation of the human beings, who are of one species only and who stock their eatables in the belly, is the ninth in the rotation. In the human race, the mode of passion is very prominent. Humans are always busy in the midst of miserable life, but they think themselves happy in all respects.