लोकपालैरपि प्रार्थ्या: साम्राज्यैश्वर्यसम्पद: । न नन्दयन्त्यप्रजं मां क्षुत्तृट्काममिवापरे ॥ २५ ॥
loka-palair api prarthyah samrajyaisvarya-sampadah na nandayanty aprajam mam ksut-trt-kamam ivapare
- loka-palaih
- by great demigods
- api
- even
- prarthyah
- desirable
- samrajya
- a great empire
- aisvarya
- material opulence
- sampadah
- possessions
- na nandayanti
- do not give pleasure
- aprajam
- because of having no son
- mam
- unto me
- ksut
- hunger
- trt
- thirst
- kamam
- desiring to satisfy
- iva
- like
- apare
- other enjoyable sense objects.
As a person aggrieved by hunger and thirst is not pleased by the external gratification of flower garlands or sandalwood pulp, I am not pleased with my empire, opulence or possessions, which are desirable even for great demigods, because I have no son.