स वञ्चितो बतात्मध्रुक् कृच्छ्रेण महता भुवि । लब्ध्वापवर्ग्यं मानुष्यं विषयेषु विषज्जते ॥ २८ ॥
sa vancito batatma-dhruk krcchrena mahata bhuvi labdhvapavargyam manusyam visayesu visajjate
- sah
- he
- vancitah
- cheated
- bata
- certainly
- atma-dhruk
- envious of himself
- krcchrena
- with great difficulty
- mahata
- by great activities
- bhuvi
- in this world
- labdhva
- by achieving
- apavargyam
- the path of liberation
- manusyam
- in the human form of life
- visayesu
- in the matter of sense gratification
- visajjate
- becomes engaged.
Any person who engages himself within this material world in performing activities that necessitate great struggle, and who, after obtaining a human form of life—which is a chance to attain liberation from miseries—undertakes the difficult tasks of fruitive activities, must be considered to be cheated and envious of his own self.