सुखाय दु:खमोक्षाय सङ्कल्प इह कर्मिण: । सदाप्नोतीहया दु:खमनीहाया: सुखावृत: ॥ ४२ ॥
sukhaya duhkha-moksaya sankalpa iha karminah sadapnotihaya duhkham anihayah sukhavrtah
- sukhaya
- for achieving happiness by a so-called higher standard of life
- duhkha-moksaya
- for becoming free from misery
- sankalpah
- the determination
- iha
- in this world
- karminah
- of the living entity trying for economic development
- sada
- always
- apnoti
- achieves
- ihaya
- by activity or ambition
- duhkham
- only unhappiness
- anihayah
- and from not desiring economic development
- sukha
- by happiness
- avrtah
- covered
In this material world, every materialist desires to achieve happiness and diminish his distress, and therefore he acts accordingly. Actually, however, one is happy as long as one does not endeavor for happiness; as soon as one begins his activities for happiness, his conditions of distress begin.