चित्राणि राजकार्याणि कुर्वन्नप्याकुलान्यपि । सुप्तः स्थितो जडतया न जागर्ति भवभ्रमे ॥ २३ ॥
citrāṇi rājakāryāṇi kurvannapyākulānyapi | suptaḥ sthitō jaḍatayā na jāgarti bhavabhramē || 23 ||
Translation
Even while doing the many troubled works of a king, he stays asleep in dullness and does not wake in the error of becoming.
Word by word
- citrāṇi
- many
- rāja
- of a king
- kāryāṇi
- works
- kurvann
- (kurvan) while doing
- api
- even
- ākulāni
- troubled
- suptaḥ
- asleep
- sthitō
- (sthitaḥ) he stays
- jaḍatayā
- in dullness
- na
- not
- jāgarti
- does wake
- bhava
- of becoming
- bhramē
- in the error
Meaning
A sharp picture of the busy ruler: all his activity is sleep. He does a great deal and never wakes.