या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्जीर्यतो या न जीर्यते । तां तृष्णां दु:खनिवहां शर्मकामो द्रुतं त्यजेत् ॥ १६ ॥
ya dustyaja durmatibhir jiryato ya na jiryate tam trsnam duhkha-nivaham sarma-kamo drutam tyajet
- ya
- that which
- dustyaja
- extremely difficult to give up
- durmatibhih
- by persons too attached to material enjoyment
- jiryatah
- even by one who is an invalid because of old age
- ya
- that which
- na
- not
- jiryate
- is vanquished
- tam
- such
- trsnam
- desire
- duhkha-nivaham
- which is the cause of all tribulations
- sarma-kamah
- a person desiring his own happiness
- drutam
- very soon
- tyajet
- should give up.
For those who are too attached to material enjoyment, sense gratification is very difficult to give up. Even when one is an invalid because of old age, one cannot give up such desires for sense gratification. Therefore, one who actually desires happiness must give up such unsatisfied desires, which are the cause of all tribulations.