kim atmananena jahati yo 'ntatah
kim riktha-haraih svajanakhya-dasyubhih
kim jayaya samsrti-hetu-bhutaya
martyasya gehaih kim ihayuso vyayah
kim-what is the use; atmana anena-of this body; jahati-gives up; yah-which (body); antatah-at the end of life; kim-what is the use; riktha-haraih-the plunderers of wealth; svajana-akhya-dasyubhih-they who are actually plunderers but who pass by the name of relatives; kim-what is the use; jayaya-of a wife; samsrti-hetu-bhutaya-who is the source of increasing material conditions; martyasya-of a person sure to die; gehaih-of houses, family and community; kim-what is the use; iha-in which house; ayusah-of the duration of life; vyayah-simply wasting.