को गृध्येत्पण्डितो लक्ष्मीं त्रिपिष्टपपतेरपि । ययाहमासुरं भावं नीतोऽद्य विबुधेश्वर: ॥ १२ ॥
ko grdhyet pandito laksmim tripistapa-pater api yayaham asuram bhavam nito ’dya vibudhesvarah
- kah
- who
- grdhyet
- would accept
- panditah
- a learned man
- laksmim
- opulences
- tri-pista-pa-pateh api
- although I am the King of the demigods
- yaya
- by which
- aham
- I
- asuram
- demoniac
- bhavam
- mentality
- nitah
- carried to
- adya
- now
- vibudha
- of the demigods, who are in the mode of goodness
- isvarah
- the King.
Although I am King of the demigods, who are situated in the mode of goodness, I was proud of a little opulence and polluted by false ego. Under the circumstances, who in this world would accept such riches at the risk of falling down ? Alas! I condemn my wealth and opulence.