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एतच्च मरणं तात यदस्मात्पतितादिव । ज्ञातयो विनिवर्तन्ते प्रेतसत्त्वादिवासवः॥५-७०-२१॥
And this, dear one, is a kind of death: when one has fallen, relatives turn away from him—as vital energies depart from a being that has become a preta (departed state).
english translation
नातः पापीयसीं कांचिदवस्थां शम्बरोऽब्रवीत् । यत्र नैवाद्य न प्रातर्भोजनं प्रतिदृश्यते॥५-७०-२२॥
Śambara declared that there is no condition more grievous than this: where neither today nor tomorrow is one’s morning meal in sight.
english translation
धनमाहुः परं धर्मं धने सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । जीवन्ति धनिनो लोके मृता ये त्वधना नराः॥५-७०-२३॥
They say wealth is a supreme dharma; in wealth everything is established. The wealthy are treated as living in the world, while those without wealth are treated as though dead.
english translation
ये धनादपकर्षन्ति नरं स्वबलमाश्रिताः । ते धर्ममर्थं कामं च प्रमथ्नन्ति नरं च तम्॥५-७०-२४॥
Those who, relying on their own power, strip a person of wealth—those people crush his dharma, his material aims, and his legitimate desires, and they also crush that person himself (socially and functionally).
english translation
एतामवस्थां प्राप्यैके मरणं वव्रिरे जनाः । ग्रामायैके वनायैके नाशायैके प्रवव्रजुः॥५-७०-२५॥
Having reached such a condition, some people choose death; some depart toward villages, some toward forests, and some set out toward self-destruction
english translation