अथाहमप्यात्मरिपोस्तवान्तिकं दैवेन नीत: प्रसभं त्याजितश्री: । इदं कृतान्तान्तिकवर्ति जीवितं ययाध्रुवं स्तब्धमतिर्न बुध्यते ॥ ११ ॥
athaham apy atma-ripos tavantikam daivena nitah prasabham tyajita-srih idam krtantantika-varti jivitam yayadhruvam stabdha-matir na budhyate
- atha
- therefore
- aham
- I
- api
- also
- atma-ripoh
- who are the traditional enemy of the family
- tava
- of Your good self
- antikam
- the shelter
- daivena
- by providence
- nitah
- brought in
- prasabham
- by force
- tyajita
- bereft of
- srih
- all opulence
- idam
- this philosophy of life
- krta-anta-antika-varti
- always given the facility for death
- jivitam
- the duration of life
- yaya
- by such material opulence
- adhruvam
- as temporary
- stabdha-matih
- such an unintelligent person
- na budhyate
- cannot understand
Only by providence have I been forcibly brought under Your lotus feet and deprived of all my opulence. Because of the illusion created by temporary opulence, people in general, who live under material conditions, facing accidental death at every moment, do not understand that this life is temporary. Only by providence have I been saved from that condition.