न साधु मेने ता: सर्वा भूतले यावती: पुर: । कामान् कामयमानोऽसौ तस्य तस्योपपत्तये ॥ १२ ॥
na sadhu mene tah sarva bhutale yavatih purah kaman kamayamano ’sau tasya tasyopapattaye
- na
- never
- sadhu
- good
- mene
- thought
- tah
- them
- sarvah
- all
- bhu-tale
- on this earth
- yavatih
- all kinds of
- purah
- residential houses
- kaman
- objects for sense enjoyment
- kamayamanah
- desiring
- asau
- that King
- tasya
- his
- tasya
- his
- upapattaye
- for obtaining.
King Puranjana had unlimited desires for sense enjoyment; consequently he traveled all over the world to find a place where all his desires could be fulfilled. Unfortunately he found a feeling of insufficiency everywhere.