आस्तीर्य दर्भै: प्रागग्रै: कार्त्स्न्येन क्षितिमण्डलम् । स्तब्धो बृहद्वधान्मानी कर्म नावैषि यत्परम् । तत्कर्म हरितोषं यत्सा विद्या तन्मतिर्यया ॥ ४९ ॥
astirya darbhaih prag-agraih kartsnyena ksiti-mandalam stabdho brhad-vadhan mani karma navaisi yat param tat karma hari-tosam yat sa vidya tan-matir yaya
- astirya
- having covered
- darbhaih
- by kusa grass
- prak-agraih
- with the points facing east
- kartsnyena
- altogether
- ksiti-mandalam
- the surface of the world
- stabdhah
- proud upstart
- brhat
- great
- vadhat
- by killing
- mani
- thinking yourself very important
- karma
- activity
- na avaisi
- you do not know
- yat
- which
- param
- supreme
- tat
- that
- karma
- activity
- hari-tosam
- satisfying the Supreme Lord
- yat
- which
- sa
- that
- vidya
- education
- tat
- unto the Lord
- matih
- consciousness
- yaya
- by which
My dear King, the entire world is covered with the sharp points of kusa grass, and on the strength of this you have become proud because you have killed various types of animals in sacrifices. Because of your foolishness, you do not know that devotional service is the only way one can please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You cannot understand this fact. Your only activities should be those that can please the Personality of Godhead. Our education should be such that we can become elevated to Krsna consciousness.