Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
उपस्थितस्य च त्यागादनुपस्थितकल्पनात् । धीरस्य धीमतोपि स्याच्छोको दुःसह आधिजः ॥ ३८॥
IAST
upasthitasya ca tyāgādanupasthitakalpanāt | dhīrasya dhīmatopi syācchoko duḥsaha ādhijaḥ || 38||
English
‘By abandoning what is actually present and imagining what is absent, even a steady and intelligent person generates unbearable mental sorrow.’