एतावत्यपि येऽभीताः पापा भोगरसे स्थिताः । स्वमातृविष्ठाकृमयः कीर्तनीया न तेऽधमाः ॥ ४७ ॥
ētāvatyapi yē’bhītāḥ pāpā bhōgarasē sthitāḥ | svamātṛviṣṭhākṛmayaḥ kīrtanīyā na tē’dhamāḥ || 47 ||
Translation
Those sinners who, even when it is this easy, are unafraid and stay in the taste of pleasures are worms in their own mother's filth, the lowest, not to be named.
Word by word
- ētāvati
- this easy
- api
- even when it is
- yē
- those who
- abhītāḥ
- are unafraid
- pāpā
- (pāpāḥ) sinners
- bhōga
- of pleasures
- rasē
- in the taste
- sthitāḥ
- stay
- sva
- their own
- mātṛ
- mother’s
- viṣṭhā
- in the filth
- kṛmayaḥ
- worms
- kīrtanīyā
- (kīrtanīyāḥ) to be named
- na
- not
- tē
- they
- adhamāḥ
- the lowest
Meaning
Harsh words, and the commentary says why: they harm their own Self. A means has been offered that asks nothing difficult, and they turn it down for pleasure. The verse is meant to shake, not to condemn the reader.