हा हतोऽहमनाथोऽहमित्याक्रन्दपरोऽपि सन् । न जनो याति वैराग्यं चित्रमित्येव वक्त्यसौ ॥ ३९ ॥
hā hatō’hamanāthō’hamityākrandaparō’pi san | na janō yāti vairāgyaṁ citramityēva vaktyasau || 39 ||
Translation
"'A man cries out, "Alas, I am lost, I am helpless!", and yet does not turn to dispassion: how strange!' So he says.
Word by word
- hā
- alas
- hatō
- (hataḥ) lost
- aham
- I am
- anāthō
- (anāthaḥ) helpless
- iti
- thus
- ākranda
- crying out
- parō
- (paraḥ) given to
- api
- yet
- san
- being
- na
- not
- janō
- (janaḥ) a man
- yāti
- turns
- vairāgyaṁ
- to dispassion
- citram
- how strange
- ēva
- indeed
- vakti
- says
- asau
- he
Meaning
People suffer, complain of their suffering, and go on wanting the things that made them suffer.