अधर्मश्च समेधेत लोलुपैर्व्यङ्कुशैर्नृभि: । शयाने त्वयि लोकोऽयं दस्युग्रस्तो विनङ्क्ष्यति ॥ ५५ ॥
adharmas ca samedheta lolupair vyankusair nrbhih sayane tvayi loko ’yam dasyu-grasto vinanksyati
- adharmah
- unrighteousness
- ca
- and
- samedheta
- would flourish
- lolupaih
- simply hankering after money
- vyankusaih
- uncontrolled
- nrbhih
- by men
- sayane tvayi
- when you lie down for rest
- lokah
- world
- ayam
- this
- dasyu
- by the miscreants
- grastah
- attacked
- vinanksyati
- it will perish.
If you gave up all thought of the world’s situation, unrighteousness would flourish, for men who hanker only after money would be unopposed. Such miscreants would attack, and the world would perish.