। ॥ ४६ ॥
In plain words
For a belly that will not stay full, the mind sets to work: it means to earn a fortune, lakhs of it. And in the end not even one small coin comes to hand.
Close to the Sanskrit
On account of the hard-to-fill belly, the mind sets itself in motion to amass much wealth reaching up to a lakh; and yet even a mere cowrie is not obtained.