राज्यं नैच्छद् यति: पित्रा दत्तं तत्परिणामवित् । यत्र प्रविष्ट: पुरुष आत्मानं नावबुध्यते ॥ २ ॥
rajyam naicchad yatih pitra dattam tat-parinamavit yatra pravistah purusa atmanam navabudhyate
- rajyam
- the kingdom
- na aicchat
- did not accept
- yatih
- the eldest son, Yati
- pitra
- by his father
- dattam
- offered
- tat-parinama-vit
- knowing the result of becoming powerful as a king
- yatra
- wherein
- pravistah
- having entered
- purusah
- such a person
- atmanam
- self-realization
- na
- not
- avabudhyate
- will take seriously and understand.
When one enters the post of king or head of the government, one cannot understand the meaning of self-realization. Knowing this, Yati, the eldest son of Nahusa, did not accept the power to rule, although it was offered by his father.