सुखाय दु:खमोक्षाय कुर्वाते दम्पती क्रिया: । ततोऽनिवृत्तिरप्राप्तिर्दु:खस्य च सुखस्य च ॥ ६० ॥
sukhaya duhkha-moksaya kurvate dampati kriyah tato ’nivrttir apraptir duhkhasya ca sukhasya ca
- sukhaya
- for happiness
- duhkha-moksaya
- for release from the unhappy state
- kurvate
- perform
- dam-pati
- the wife and husband
- kriyah
- activities
- tatah
- from that
- anivrttih
- no cessation
- apraptih
- no achievement
- duhkhasya
- of distress
- ca
- also
- sukhasya
- of happiness
- ca
- also.
As husband and wife, a man and woman plan together to attain happiness and decrease unhappiness, working jointly in many ways, but because their activities are full of desires, these activities are never a source of happiness, and they never diminish distress. On the contrary, they are a cause of great unhappiness.