पराचः कामाननुयन्ति बाला- स्ते मृत्योर्यन्ति विततस्य पाशम् । अथ धीरा अमृतत्वं विदित्वा ध्रुवमध्रुवेष्विह न प्रार्थयन्ते ॥ २॥

parācaḥ kāmānanuyanti bālā- ste mṛtyoryanti vitatasya pāśam । atha dhīrā amṛtatvaṃ viditvā dhruvamadhruveṣviha na prārthayante ॥ 2॥

bālāḥ = the children, immature people; anuyanti = they pursue; parācaḥ kāmān = the external objects of desire; te = they; yanti = become entangled; pāśam = in the noose, snare; mṛtyoḥ = of death; vitatasya = spread far and wide everywhere; atha = hence; dhīrāḥ = those who are wise and discriminating; viditvā = having known; amṛtatvaṁ = the immortality; na prārthayante = do not aspire after or pray for; dhruvam = the abiding, stable, permanent; adhruveṣu = in that which is impermanent; iha = here is this samsāra.