अहो विचित्रं भगवद्विचेष्टितंघ्नन्तं जनोऽयं हि मिषन्न पश्यति । ध्यायन्नसद्यर्हि विकर्म सेवितुंनिर्हृत्य पुत्रं पितरं जिजीविषति ॥ ३ ॥
aho vicitram bhagavad-vicestitam ghnantam jano ’yam hi misan na pasyati dhyayann asad yarhi vikarma sevitum nirhrtya putram pitaram jijivisati
- aho
- alas
- vicitram
- wonderful
- bhagavat-vicestitam
- the pastimes of the Lord
- ghnantam
- death
- janah
- a person
- ayam
- this
- hi
- certainly
- misan
- although seeing
- na pasyati
- does not see
- dhyayan
- thinking about
- asat
- material happiness
- yarhi
- because
- vikarma
- forbidden activities
- sevitum
- to enjoy
- nirhrtya
- burning
- putram
- sons
- pitaram
- the father
- jijivisati
- desires a long life.
Alas! How wonderful it is that the foolish materialist does not heed the great danger of impending death! He knows that death will surely come, yet he is nevertheless callous and neglectful. If his father dies, he wants to enjoy his father’s property, and if his son dies, he wants to enjoy his son’s possessions as well. In either case, he heedlessly tries to enjoy material happiness with the acquired money.