Devanagari
अर्थस्य साधने सिद्धे उत्कर्षे रक्षणे व्यये ।
नाशोपभोग आयासस्त्रासश्चिन्ता भ्रमो नृणाम् ॥ १७ ॥
Verse text
arthasya sādhane siddhe
utkarṣe rakṣaṇe vyaye
nāśopabhoga āyāsas
trāsaś cintā bhramo nṛṇām
Synonyms
arthaysa
—
of wealth
;
sādhane
—
in the earning
;
siddhe
—
in the attainment
;
utkarṣe
—
in the increasing
;
rakṣaṇe
—
in the protecting
;
vyaye
—
in the expending
;
nāśa
—
in the loss
;
upabhoge
—
and in the enjoyment
;
āyāsaḥ
—
labor
;
trāsaḥ
—
fear
;
cintā
—
anxiety
;
bhramaḥ
—
confusion
;
nṛṇām
—
for men.
Translation
In the earning, attainment, increase, protection, expense, loss and enjoyment of wealth, all men experience great labor, fear, anxiety and delusion.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
In the earning, and after attainment, in increase, protection, expense, loss and enjoyment of wealth, all men experience great labor, fear, anxiety and delusion.
In earning wealth, and after attaining it, in increasing it, in protecting it, spending it, losing it and enjoying it, there are problems.