मद्वक्त्रादुदितं धर्म्मं हित्वाऽन्यद्धर्म्ममीहते । अमृतं स्वगृहे त्यक्त्वा क्षीरमार्कं स वाञ्छति ॥ १९ ॥
madvaktrāduditaṁ dharmmaṁ hitvā’nyaddharmmamīhatē | amṛtaṁ svagṛhē tyaktvā kṣīramārkaṁ sa vāñchati || 19 ||
Translation
Whoever gives up the dharma spoken from my mouth and longs for another leaves nectar in his own house and craves the milky sap of the arka plant.
Word by word
- madvaktrāduditaṁ
- spoken from my mouth
- dharmmaṁ
- the dharma
- hitvā’nyaddharmmamīhatē
- giving up, desires another dharma
- amṛtaṁ
- nectar
- svagṛhē
- in his own house
- tyaktvā
- leaving
- kṣīramārkaṁ
- the milk of the arka plant
- sa
- he
- vāñchati
- longs for
Meaning
Ārka is glossed as what comes from the arka tree: its acrid sap, against the nectar at home.