प्लवा ह्येते अदृढा यज्ञरूपा
अष्टादशोक्तमवरं येषु कर्म ।
एतच्छ्रेयो येऽभिनन्दन्ति मूढा
जरामृत्युं ते पुनरेवापि यन्ति ॥ ७॥
plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā
aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ yeṣu karma .
etacchreyo ye’bhinandanti mūḍhā
jarāmṛtyuṃ te punarevāpi yanti .. 7..
But frail indeed are those rafts of sacrifices, conducted by eighteen persons, upon whom rests the inferior work; therefore they are destructible. Fools who rejoice in them as the Highest Good fall victims again and again to old age and death.