विद्वानपीत्थं दनुजा: कुटुम्बं पुष्णन्स्वलोकाय न कल्पते वै । य: स्वीयपारक्यविभिन्नभाव- स्तम: प्रपद्येत यथा विमूढ: ॥ १६ ॥
vidvan apittham danujah kutumbam pusnan sva-lokaya na kalpate vai yah sviya-parakya-vibhinna-bhavas tamah prapadyeta yatha vimudhah
- vidvan
- knowing (the inconvenience of material existence, especially in household life)
- api
- although
- ittham
- thus
- danu-jah
- O sons of demons
- kutumbam
- the family members or extended family members (like one’s community, society, nation or union of nations)
- pusnan
- providing with all the necessities of life
- sva-lokaya
- in understanding himself
- na
- not
- kalpate
- capable
- vai
- indeed
- yah
- he who
- sviya
- my own
- parakya
- belonging to others
- vibhinna
- separate
- bhavah
- having a conception of life
- tamah
- nothing but darkness
- prapadyeta
- enters
- yatha
- just as
- vimudhah
- a person without education, or one who is like an animal
O my friends, sons of demons! In this material world, even those who are apparently advanced in education have the propensity to consider, This is mine, and that is for others Thus they are always engaged in providing the necessities of life to their families in a limited conception of family life, just like uneducated cats and dogs. They are unable to take to spiritual knowledge; instead, they are bewildered and overcome by ignorance.