कण्ठगतैरप्यसुभिः कस्य ह्यात्मा न शक्यते जेतुम् ।मूर्खस्य शङ्कितस्य च विषादिनो वा कृतघ्नस्य ॥ १७ ॥
In plain words
Even when life is at its very end, whose mind can never be mastered? That of the fool, the suspicious, the despondent, and the ungrateful.
Close to the Sanskrit
Even with life breaths having reached the throat, of whom indeed is the self not able to be conquered? Of the fool, of the suspicious, of the despondent, or of the ungrateful.