ततो यतेत कुशल: क्षेमाय भवमाश्रित: । शरीरं पौरुषं यावन्न विपद्येत पुष्कलम् ॥ ५ ॥
tato yateta kusalah ksemaya bhavam asritah sariram paurusam yavan na vipadyeta puskalam
- tatah
- therefore
- yateta
- should endeavor
- kusalah
- an intelligent man interested in the ultimate goal of life
- ksemaya
- for the real benefit of life, or for liberation from material bondage
- bhavam asritah
- who is in material existence
- sariram
- the body
- paurusam
- human
- yavat
- as long as
- na
- not
- vipadyeta
- fails
- puskalam
- stout and strong.
Therefore, while in material existence (bhavam asritah), a person fully competent to distinguish wrong from right must endeavor to achieve the highest goal of life as long as the body is stout and strong and is not embarrassed by dwindling.