क्वचित्कालविषमितराजकुलरक्षसापहृतप्रियतमधनासु: प्रमृतक इव विगतजीवलक्षण आस्ते ॥ १६ ॥
kvacit kala-visa-mita-raja-kula-raksasapahrta-priyatama-dhanasuh pramrtaka iva vigata-jiva-laksana aste.
- kvacit
- sometimes
- kala-visa-mita
- made crooked by time
- raja-kula
- the government men
- raksasa
- by those who are like carnivorous human beings
- apahrta
- being plundered
- priya-tama
- most dear
- dhana
- in the form of wealth
- asuh
- whose life air
- pramrtakah
- dead
- iva
- like
- vigata-jiva-laksanah
- bereft of all signs of life
- aste
- he remains.
Government men are always like carnivorous demons called Raksasas (man-eaters). Sometimes these government men turn against the conditioned soul and take away all his accumulated wealth. Being bereft of his life’s reserved wealth, the conditioned soul loses all enthusiasm. Indeed, it is as though he loses his life.