एतावतालं कालेन व्यतिक्रान्तेन मे प्रभो । इन्द्रियार्थप्रसङ्गेन परित्यक्तपरात्मन: ॥ ५३ ॥
etavatalam kalena vyatikrantena me prabho indriyartha-prasangena parityakta-paratmanah
- etavata
- so much
- alam
- for nothing
- kalena
- time
- vyatikrantena
- passed by
- me
- my
- prabho
- O my lord
- indriya-artha
- sense gratification
- prasangena
- in the matter of indulging
- parityakta
- disregarding
- para-atmanah
- knowledge of the Supreme Lord.
Until now we have simply wasted so much of our time in sense gratification, neglecting to cultivate knowledge of the Supreme Lord.