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Chapter 5.26 - Verse 4

Sanskrit Text

कर्मोदयं सुखमाशंसमानः; कृच्छ्रोपायं तत्त्वतः कर्म दुःखम् सुखप्रेप्सुर्विजिघांसुश्च दुःखं; इन्द्रियाणां प्रीतिवशानुगामी कामाभिध्या स्वशरीरं दुनोति; यया प्रयुक्तोऽनुकरोति दुःखम्

English Translation

They are men desirous of only such happiness as has its source in virtue. He, who being desirous of happiness and of destroying misery, follows the pleasant dictates of his senses, adopts a way which leads to misery.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कर्मन् + उदय | सुखम् | आशंसमानः | कृच्छ्र + उपाय | तत्त्वतः | कर्म | दुःखम्
सुख + प्रेप्सु | विजिघांसु + च | दुःखं | य | इन्द्रियाणां | प्रीति + वश + अनुगामिन्
काम + अभिध्या | स्व + शरीर | दुनोति | यया | प्रयुक्तो | ऽनुकरोति | दुःखम्