स यदा दुग्धपूर्वसुकृतस्तदा कारस्करकाकतुण्डाद्यपुण्यद्रुमलताविषोदपानवदुभयार्थशून्यद्रविणान्जीवन्मृतान् स्वयं जीवन्म्रियमाण उपधावति ॥ १२ ॥
sa yada dugdha-purva-sukrtas tada karaskara-kakatundady-apunya-druma-lata-visoda-panavad ubhayartha-sunya-dravinan jivan-mrtan svayam jivan-mriyamana upadhavati.
- sah
- that conditioned soul
- yada
- when
- dugdha
- exhausted
- purva
- previous
- sukrtah
- pious activities
- tada
- at that time
- karaskara-kakatunda-adi
- named karaskara, kakatunda, etc.
- apunya-druma-lata
- impious trees and creepers
- visa-uda-pana-vat
- like wells with poisonous water
- ubhaya-artha-sunya
- which cannot give happiness either in this life or in the next
- dravinan
- those who possess wealth
- jivat-mrtan
- who are dead, although apparently alive
- svayam
- he himself
- jivat
- living
- mriyamanah
- being dead
- upadhavati
- approaches for material acquisition
Due to his pious activities in previous lives, the conditioned soul attains material facilities in this life, but when they are finished, he takes shelter of wealth and riches, which cannot help him in this life or the next. Because of this, he approaches the living dead who possess these things. Such people are compared to impure trees, creepers and poisonous wells.