कच्चिन्न: कुशलं नाथा इन्द्रियार्थार्थवेदिनाम् । व्यसनावाप एतस्मिन्पतितानां स्वकर्मभि: ॥ १३ ॥
kaccin nah kusalam natha indriyarthartha-vedinam vyasanavapa etasmin patitanam sva-karmabhih
- kaccit
- whether
- nah
- our
- kusalam
- good fortune
- nathah
- O masters
- indriya-artha
- sense gratification as the ultimate goal of life
- artha-vedinam
- persons who understand only sense gratification
- vyasana
- illness
- avape
- got
- etasmin
- in this material existence
- patitanam
- those who are fallen
- sva-karmabhih
- by their own ability.
Prthu Maharaja inquired from the sages about persons entangled in this dangerous material existence because of their previous actions; could such persons, whose only aim is sense gratification, be blessed with any good fortune?