कोऽतिक्रमोऽनुवर्तन्त्या: स्वभावमिह योषित: । धिङ्मां बताबुधं स्वार्थे यदहं त्वजितेन्द्रिय: ॥ ४० ॥
ko ’tikramo ’nuvartantyah svabhavam iha yositah dhin mam batabudham svarthe yad aham tv ajitendriyah
- kah
- what
- atikramah
- offense
- anuvartantyah
- following
- sva-bhavam
- her nature
- iha
- here
- yositah
- of the woman
- dhik
- condemnation
- mam
- unto me
- bata
- alas
- abudham
- not conversant
- sva-arthe
- in what is good for me
- yat
- because
- aham
- I
- tu
- indeed
- ajita-indriyah
- unable to control my senses.
This woman, my wife, has adopted a means that follows her nature, and therefore she is not to be blamed. But I am a man. Therefore, all condemnation upon me! I am not at all conversant with what is good for me, since I could not control my senses.