नारद उवाच राजन् किं ध्यायसे दीर्घं मुखेन परिशुष्यता । किं वा न रिष्यते कामो धर्मो वार्थेन संयुत: ॥ ६४ ॥
narada uvaca rajan kim dhyayase dirgham mukhena parisusyata kim va na risyate kamo dharmo varthena samyutah
- naradah uvaca
- the great sage Narada Muni said
- rajan
- my dear King
- kim
- what
- dhyayase
- thinking of
- dirgham
- very deeply
- mukhena
- with your face
- parisusyata
- as if drying up
- kim va
- whether
- na
- not
- risyate
- been lost
- kamah
- sense gratification
- dharmah
- religious rituals
- va
- or
- arthena
- with economic development
- samyutah
- along with.
The great sage Narada inquired: My dear King, your face appears to be withering up, and you look like you have been thinking of something for a very long time. Why is that? Have you been hampered in following your path of religious rites, economic development and sense gratification?