किमात्मनानेन जहाति योऽन्तत: किं रिक्थहारै: स्वजनाख्यदस्युभि: । किं जायया संसृतिहेतुभूतया मर्त्यस्य गेहै: किमिहायुषो व्यय: ॥ ९ ॥
kim atmananena jahati yo ’ntatah kim riktha-haraih svajanakhya-dasyubhih kim jayaya samsrti-hetu-bhutaya martyasya gehaih kim ihayuso vyayah
- kim
- what is the use
- atmana anena
- of this body
- jahati
- gives up
- yah
- which (body)
- antatah
- at the end of life
- kim
- what is the use
- riktha-haraih
- the plunderers of wealth
- svajana-akhya-dasyubhih
- they who are actually plunderers but who pass by the name of relatives
- kim
- what is the use
- jayaya
- of a wife
- samsrti-hetu-bhutaya
- who is the source of increasing material conditions
- martyasya
- of a person sure to die
- gehaih
- of houses, family and community
- kim
- what is the use
- iha
- in which house
- ayusah
- of the duration of life
- vyayah
- simply wasting
What is the use of the material body, which automatically leaves its owner at the end of life? And what is the use of all one’s family members, who are actually plunderers taking away money that is useful for the service of the Lord in spiritual opulence? What is the use of a wife? She is only the source of increasing material conditions. And what is the use of family, home, country and community? Attachment for them merely wastes the valuable energy of one’s lifetime.