दृश्यन्ते वणिजोऽप्यद्य न यथापूर्वमत्र वै।
ध्यानसंविग्नहृदया नष्टव्यापारयन्त्रिताः।
देवायतनचैत्येषु दीनाः पक्षिगणास्तथा॥
dṛśyante vaṇijo ’py adya na yathā-pūrvam atra vai
dhyāna-saṁvigna-hṛdayā naṣṭa-vyāpāra-yantritāḥ
devāyatana-caityeṣu dīnāḥ pakṣi-gaṇās tathā
dṛśyante = I notice that; vaṇijaḥ api = the merchants are; adya na = not; yathā-pūrvam = what they used to be; atra vai = now; dhyāna-saṁvigna-hṛdayāḥ = their hearts are absorbed in meditation; naṣṭa-vyāpāra-yantritāḥ = their businesses have perished and the merchants have curbed them; deva-āyatana-caityeṣu = in temples and shrines; dīnāḥ = are morose; pakṣi-gaṇāḥ tathā = birds.
I notice that the merchants are not what they used to be. Their hearts are now absorbed in meditation. Their businesses have perished and the merchants have curbed them. In temples and shrines, birds are morose.