निवासतोयद्रविणात्मबुद्धि- स्ततस्ततो धावति भो अटव्याम् । क्वचिच्च वात्योत्थितपांसुधूम्रा दिशो न जानाति रजस्वलाक्ष: ॥ ४ ॥
nivasa-toya-dravinatma-buddhis tatas tato dhavati bho atavyam kvacic ca vatyotthita-pamsu-dhumra diso na janati rajas-valaksah
- nivasa
- residential place
- toya
- water
- dravina
- wealth
- atma-buddhih
- who considers these material things the atma, or self
- tatah tatah
- here and there
- dhavati
- he runs
- bhoh
- O King
- atavyam
- on that forest path of material existence
- kvacit ca
- and sometimes
- vatya
- by the whirlwind
- utthita
- raised
- pamsu
- by dust
- dhumrah
- appear smoke-colored
- disah
- the directions
- na
- not
- janati
- knows
- rajah-vala-aksah
- whose eyes are covered by the dust of the wind or who is captivated by his wife during her menstrual period
My dear King, the merchant on the forest path of the material world, his intelligence victimized by home, wealth, relatives and so forth, runs from one place to another in search of success. Sometimes his eyes are covered by the dust of a whirlwind—that is to say, in his lust he is captivated by the beauty of his wife, especially during her menstrual period. Thus his eyes are blinded, and he cannot see where to go or what he is doing.