इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् ।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ॥
idam adya mayā labdham imaṃ prāpsye manoratham |idam astīdam api me bhaviṣyati punar dhanam ||
- इदम् · idam
- this
- अद्य · adya
- today
- मया · mayā
- by me
- लब्धम् · labdham
- has been gained
- प्राप्स्ये · prāpsye
- I shall obtain
- मनोरथम् · manoratham
- heart's desire
- अस्ति · asti
- there is, I have
- भविष्यति · bhaviṣyati
- will be
- पुनः · punaḥ
- again, more
- धनम् · dhanam
- wealth
“'This I gained today; that longing I shall get next. This wealth is mine, and more wealth shall be mine.'”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna lets the voice speak for itself — three verses of first-person fantasy (13–15) that need no commentary. Past gain, future scheme, present hoard: the ego's complete tense-system. Hearing our own inner accountant in these lines is the point.
— Reader's notes (original)