कृतिमहोदधौ पतनकारणम् ।फलमशाश्वतं गतिनिरोधकम् ॥
कृति महा उदधौ पतनकारणम् फलम् अशाश्वतं गतिनिरोधकम्
In plain words
Everything you do drops you a little further into the sea of doing, and the sea has no far shore. The fruit ripens, is eaten, is gone — and the wanting starts again from the beginning. That is not a road home. That is a wall across it.
Word for word
In the great ocean of action, a cause of falling. The fruit is impermanent, obstructing the way.