अहो इमं पश्यत मे विनाशं तपस्विन: सच्चरितव्रतस्य । अन्तर्जले वारिचरप्रसङ्गात् प्रच्यावितं ब्रह्म चिरं धृतं यत् ॥ ५० ॥
aho imam pasyata me vinasam tapasvinah sac-carita-vratasya antarjale vari-cara-prasangat pracyavitam brahma ciram dhrtam yat
- aho
- alas
- imam
- this
- pasyata
- just see
- me
- of me
- vinasam
- falldown
- tapasvinah
- who was such a great mystic performing austerity
- sat-carita
- of very good character, observing all necessary rules and regulations
- vratasya
- of one who has taken a vow strictly
- antah-jale
- in the depths of the water
- vari-cara-prasangat
- because of the affairs of the aquatics
- pracyavitam
- fallen
- brahma
- from the activities of Brahman realization or austerity
- ciram
- for a long time
- dhrtam
- executed
- yat
- which
Alas! While practicing austerity, even within the depths of the water, and while observing all the rules and regulations practiced by saintly persons, I lost the results of my long austerities simply by association with the sexual affairs of fish. Everyone should observe this falldown and learn from it.