अन्यच्छ्रेयोऽन्यदुतैव प्रेय- स्ते उभे नानार्थे पुरुषँ सिनीतः । तयोः श्रेय आददानस्य साधु भवति हीयतेऽर्थाद्य उ प्रेयो वृणीते ॥ १॥

anyacchreyo'nyadutaiva preya- ste ubhe nānārthe puruṣa~ sinītaḥ । tayoḥ śreya ādadānasya sādhu bhavati hīyate'rthādya u preyo vṛṇīte ॥ 1॥

śreyaḥ = the preferable, the Moral Good, the supreme goal (freedom from suffering); anyat eva (it) is certainly different; tathā = similarly; uta = too; preyaḥ = the more pleasant; anyat eva = (is) different indeed; te ubhe = both of them; nānā arthe = serving divergent purposes; sinītaḥ = bind; puruṣam = a person: tayoḥ = of the two; ādadānasya = one who chooses [only]: śeyaḥ = the preferable, sādhu bhavati = well-being, good comes; yaḥ u = the one that; preyaḥ vṛṇīte — selects the pleasurable; hīyate = gets alienated; arthāt = from this objective, from the human goal; [i.e. falls from the eternal supreme purpose].