हसन्ति यस्याचरितं हि दुर्भगा: स्वात्मन्-रतस्याविदुष: समीहितम् । यैर्वस्त्रमाल्याभरणानुलेपनै: श्वभोजनं स्वात्मतयोपलालितम् ॥ २८ ॥
hasanti yasyacaritam hi durbhagah svatman-ratasyavidusah samihitam yair vastra-malyabharananulepanaih sva-bhojanam svatmatayopalalitam
- hasanti
- laugh at
- yasya
- whose
- acaritam
- activity
- hi
- certainly
- durbhagah
- the unfortunate
- sva-atman
- in the self
- ratasya
- of one engaged
- avidusah
- not knowing
- samihitam
- his purpose
- yaih
- by whom
- vastra
- clothing
- malya
- garlands
- abharana
- ornaments
- anu
- such luxurious
- lepanaih
- with ointments
- sva-bhojanam
- eatable by the dogs
- sva-atmataya
- as if the self
- upalalitam
- fondled.
Unfortunate, foolish persons, not knowing that he is engaged in his own self, laugh at him. Such foolish persons engage in maintaining the body—which is eatable by dogs—with dresses, ornaments, garlands and ointments.