अधुना पुत्रिणां तापो भवतैवानुभूयते । एवं दारा गृहा रायो विविधैश्वर्यसम्पद: ॥ २१ ॥ शब्दादयश्च विषयाश्चला राज्यविभूतय: । मही राज्यं बलं कोषो भृत्यामात्यसुहृज्जना: ॥ २२ ॥ सर्वेऽपि शूरसेनेमे शोकमोहभयार्तिदा: । गन्धर्वनगरप्रख्या: स्वप्नमायामनोरथा: ॥ २३ ॥
adhuna putrinam tapo bhavataivanubhuyate evam dara grha rayo vividhaisvarya-sampadah sabdadayas ca visayas cala rajya-vibhutayah mahi rajyam balam koso bhrtyamatya-suhrj-janah sarve ’pi suraseneme soka-moha-bhayartidah gandharva-nagara-prakhyah svapna-maya-manorathah
- adhuna
- at the present moment
- putrinam
- of persons who have children
- tapah
- the tribulation
- bhavata
- by you
- eva
- indeed
- anubhuyate
- is experienced
- evam
- in this way
- darah
- good wife
- grhah
- residence
- rayah
- riches
- vividha
- various
- aisvarya
- opulences
- sampadah
- prosperities
- sabda-adayah
- sound and so on
- ca
- and
- visayah
- the objects of sense gratification
- calah
- temporary
- rajya
- of the kingdom
- vibhutayah
- opulences
- mahi
- land
- rajyam
- kingdom
- balam
- strength
- kosah
- treasury
- bhrtya
- servants
- amatya
- ministers
- suhrt-janah
- allies
- sarve
- all
- api
- indeed
- surasena
- O King of Surasena
- ime
- these
- soka
- of lamentation
- moha
- of illusion
- bhaya
- of fear
- arti
- and distress
- dah
- givers
- gandharva-nagara-prakhyah
- headed by the illusory sight of a gandharva-nagara, a big palace within the forest
- svapna
- dreams
- maya
- illusions
- manorathah
- and concoctions of the mind
My dear King, now you are actually experiencing the misery of a person who has sons and daughters. O King, owner of the state of Surasena, one’s wife, his house, the opulence of his kingdom, and his various other opulences and objects of sense perception are all the same in that they are temporary. One’s kingdom, military power, treasury, servants, ministers, friends and relatives are all causes of fear, illusion, lamentation and distress. They are like a gandharva-nagara, a nonexistent palace that one imagines to exist in the forest. Because they are impermanent, they are no better than illusions, dreams and mental concoctions.