cintām aparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ
kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad iti niścitāḥ
āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ
īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-saṃcayān
cintām | – | cintā 2n.1 f. – thought, anxiety (from: √cint – to think, to consider); |
aparimeyām | – | a-pari-meya (a-pari-√mā – to measure) PF 2n.1 f. – not to be measured, immeasurable; |
ca | – | av. – and; |
pralayāntām | – | pralaya-antā 2n.1 f.; yasyā antaḥ prayayo ‘sti tām – whose end is destruction (from: pra-√lī – to dissolve, to vanish, pralaya – annihilation, dissolution, end, death; anta – the end, limit, boundary, death); |
upāśritāḥ | – | upāśrita (upa-ā-√śri – to adhere, to lean on, to rest on, to depend on) PP 1n.3 m. – who took refuge, who approached – whom? – requires accusative); |
kāmopabhoga-paramāḥ | – | kāma-upabhoga-parama 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ kāmānām upabhogaḥ paramo ‘sti te – for whom enjoying pleasures is the supreme (from: √kam – to wish, to love, to long for, kāma – wish, desire; √bhuj – to eat, to enjoy, upa-bhoga – enjoyment, food, wealth; para – beyond, ancient, final, the best, the supreme, parama – supreme, the highest); |
etāvat | – | av. – so far, so much, in such a degree (from: etāvat – so great); |
iti | – | av. – thus (used to close the quotation); |
niścitāḥ | – | niścita (nir-√ci – to ascertain, to resolve) PP 1n.3 m. – who are convinced; |
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āśā-pāśa-śataiḥ | – | āśā-pāśa-śata 3n.3 n.; BV: āśāyāḥ pāśānām śataiḥ – by hundreds of ropes of hopes (from: √aś – to reach, to eat, to enjoy, āśa – gain, food, āśā – hope, desire; √paś – to bind, pāśa – snare, trap, bond, noose, cord, śata – hundred); |
baddhāḥ | – | baddha (√bandh – to bind, to fetter) PP 1n.3 m. – who are bound; |
kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ | – | kāma-krodha-parāyaṇa 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ kāmaś ca krodhaś ca parāyaṇam asti te – for whom desire and anger are the highest goal (from: √kam –to wish, to love, to long for, kāma – desire, love, pleasure; √krudh – to be angry, krodha – anger, wrath; para – beyond, ancient, final, the best, the supreme; ayana – a path; parāyaṇa – supreme path, the final goal; in compounds: fully dedicated to); |
īhante | – | √īh (to endeavour to abtain, to long for) Praes. Ā 1v.3 – they endeavour to obtain, they desire; |
kāma-bhogārtham | – | av. – kāmānāṁ bhogasyārtham – for the sake of enjoying the pleasures (from: √kam – to wish, to love, to long for, kāma – wish, desire; √bhuj – to eat, to enjoy, bhoga – enjoyment, food, wealth; √arth – to strive to obtain, to desire, to request, artha – purpose, advantage, concern, object, wealth, use, suffix: for the sake of, on account of); |
anyāyena | – | a-nyāya 3n.1 m. – not in the right manner (from: √nī – to lead, nyāya – rule, manner, system); |
artha-saṁcayān | – | artha-saṁcaya 2n.3 m.; TP: arthāṇāṁ saṁcayān iti – heaps of wealth (from: √arth – to strive to obtain, to desire, to request, artha – purpose, advantage, concern, object, wealth, use; sam-√ci – to heap up, to pile up, to accumulate, saṁcaya – collection, heap, hoard); |
āśā-pāśa-śatair āśaiva pāśās tac-chatair baddhāḥ niyantritāḥ santaḥ sarvata ākṛṣyamāṇāḥ, kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ kāma-krodhau param ayanam āśrayo yeṣāṃ te kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ | īhante ceṣṭante kāma-bhogārthaṃ kāma-bhoga-prayojanāya na dharmārtham | anyāyena para-svāpaharaṇādinety arthaḥ | kiṃ ? artha-saṃcayān artha-pracayān
āśāpāśaśataiḥ āśākhyapāśaśatair baddhāḥ, kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ kāmakrodhaikaniṣṭhāḥ, kāmabhogārtham anyāyenārthasaṃcayān prati īhante
ataeva āśeti | āśā eva pāśāḥ | teṣāṃ śatair baddhā itas tata ākṛṣyamāṇāḥ | kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ kāma-krodhau param-ayanāśrayo yeṣāṃ te | kāma-bhogārtham anyāyena cauryādinārthānāṃ sañcayān rāśīn īhanta icchanti
ta īdṛśā asurāḥ aśakyopāyārtha-viṣayā anavagatopāyārtha-viṣayā vā prārthanā āśāstā eva pāśā iva bandhana-hetutvāt pāśās teṣāṃ śataiḥ samūhair baddhā iva śreyasaḥ pacyāvyetas tata ākṛṣya nīyamānāḥ kāma-krodhau param ayanam āśrayo yesāṃ te kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ strī-vyatikarābhilāṣa-parāniṣṭābhilāṣābhyāṃ sadā parigṛhītā iti yāvat | īhante kartuṃ ceṣṭante kāma-bhogārthaṃ na tu dharmārtham anyāyena parasva-haraṇādinārtha-saṃcayān dhana-rāśīn | saṃcayān iti bahu-vacanena dhana-prāptāv api tat-tṛṣṇānuvṛtter viṣaya-prāpti-vardhamāna-tṛṣṇatva-rūpo lobho darśitaḥ
āśeti spaṣṭam | īhante kartuṃ ceṣṭante anyāyena kūṭa-sākṣyeṇa cauryeṇa ca