देहं नावरुरुत्सेऽहं दु:खशोकभयावहम् । सर्वत्रास्य यतो मृत्युर्मत्स्यानामुदके यथा ॥ १० ॥
deham navarurutse ’ham duhkha-soka-bhayavaham sarvatrasya yato mrtyur matsyanam udake yatha
- deham
- a material body
- na
- not
- avarurutse
- desire to accept
- aham
- I
- duhkha-soka-bhaya-avaham
- which is the cause of all kinds of distress, lamentation and fear
- sarvatra
- always and everywhere within this universe
- asya
- of the living entities who have accepted material bodies
- yatah
- because
- mrtyuh
- death
- matsyanam
- of the fish
- udake
- living within the water
- yatha
- like.
I do not wish to accept a material body, for such a body is the source of all distress, lamentation and fear, everywhere in the universe, just as it is for a fish in the water, which lives always in anxiety because of fear of death.