भोगेऽप्यायुषि राज्येषु मित्रे पितरि मातरि । परमुद्वेगमायातश्चातकोऽवग्रहे यथा ॥ ४७ ॥
bhōgē’pyāyuṣi rājyēṣu mitrē pitari mātari | paramudvēgamāyātaścātakō’vagrahē yathā || 47 ||
Translation
"Towards pleasure, long life, kingdoms, friend, father and mother he has come to utter aversion, as the cātaka does in a drought.
Word by word
- bhōgē
- pleasure
- api
- and
- āyuṣi
- long life
- rājyēṣu
- kingdoms
- mitrē
- friend
- pitari
- father
- mātari
- mother
- param
- utter
- udvēgam
- aversion
- āyātaś
- (āyātaḥ) has come to
- cātakō
- (cātakaḥ) the cātaka
- avagrahē
- in a drought
- yathā
- as
Meaning
In a drought the cātaka, which drinks only rain, turns from all other water: so Rāma turns from all that the world offers.