न ते शयानस्य निरुद्यमस्य ब्रह्मन्नु हार्थो यत एव भोग: । अभोगिनोऽयं तव विप्र देह: पीवा यतस्तद्वद न: क्षमं चेत् ॥ १८ ॥
na te sayanasya nirudyamasya brahman nu hartho yata eva bhogah abhogino ’yam tava vipra dehah piva yatas tad vada nah ksamam cet
- na
- not
- te
- of you
- sayanasya
- lying down
- nirudyamasya
- without activities
- brahman
- O saintly person
- nu
- indeed
- ha
- it is evident
- arthah
- money
- yatah
- from which
- eva
- indeed
- bhogah
- sense enjoyment
- abhoginah
- of one who is not engaged in sense enjoyment
- ayam
- this
- tava
- your
- vipra
- O learned brahmana
- dehah
- body
- piva
- fat
- yatah
- how is it
- tat
- that fact
- vada
- kindly tell
- nah
- us
- ksamam
- excuse
- cet
- if I have asked an impudent question
O brahmana, fully in knowledge of transcendence, you have nothing to do, and therefore you are lying down. It is also understood that you have no money for sense enjoyment. How then has your body become so fat? Under the circumstances, if you do not consider my question impudent, kindly explain how this has happened.