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इतः को न्वस्ति मूढात्मा यस्तु स्वार्थे प्रमाद्यति ।दुर्लभं मानुषं देहं प्राप्य तत्रापि पौरुषम् ॥ ५ ॥

itaḥ ko nvasti mūḍhātmā yastu svārthe pramādyati ;durlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ prāpya tatrāpi pauruṣam . 5 .

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इतःitaḥ
More than this one
मूढात्माmūḍhātmā
a fool
कः नु अस्तिkaḥ nu asti
who does exist
यः तुyaḥ tu
the person who
स्वार्थे प्रमाद्यतिsvārthe pramādyati
negligent about his own welfare
दुर्लभंdurlabhaṃ
hard to get
मानुषं देहंmānuṣaṃ dehaṃ
the human birth
प्राप्यprāpya
having got
तत्र अपिtatra api
there too
पौरुषम्pauruṣam
male birth

Translation

Who can be a greater deluded person than he who, having attained a human body which is hard to get and being a male, defaults where his own interest exists?

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