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इदं हि दुःखं यदनर्थकानि मे

व्रतानि दानानि च संयमाश्च हि।

तपश्च तप्तं यदपत्यकारणा

त्सुनिष्फलं बीजमिवोप्तमूषरे।।2.20.52।।

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मे my, व्रतानि mortifications, दानानि च charitable gifts, संयमाश्च selfrestraint, अनर्थकानीति यत् are all meaningless, इदम् this, दुःखम् regret, अपत्यकारणात् for the sake of progeny, तप्तम् practised, यत् which, तपः asceticism, ऊषरे in a barren land, उप्तम् sown, बीजम् इव like a seed, सुनिष्फलम् was fruitless.

My regret is that all my mortifications, gifts of charity and penances are of no avail. Even the asceticism which I practised for the sake of progeny was fruitless like a seed sown in a barren land.