तत्रापि दम्पतीनां च सुखायान्यापनुत्तये । कर्माणि कुर्वतां दृष्ट्वा निवृत्तोऽस्मि विपर्ययम् ॥ २६ ॥
tatrapi dam-patinam ca sukhayanyapanuttaye karmani kurvatam drstva nivrtto ’smi viparyayam
- tatra
- there
- api
- also
- dam-patinam
- of men and women united by marriage
- ca
- and
- sukhaya
- for the sake of pleasure, specifically the pleasure of sex life
- anya-apanuttaye
- for avoiding misery
- karmani
- fruitive activities
- kurvatam
- always engaged in
- drstva
- by observing
- nivrttah asmi
- I have now ceased (from such activities)
- viparyayam
- the opposite.
In this human form of life, a man and women unite for the sensual pleasure of sex, but by actual experience we have observed that none of them are happy. Therefore, seeing the contrary results, I have stopped taking part in materialistic activities.