Verse 652

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। ॥ ६५२ ॥

In plain words

Both during enjoyment and at its conclusion, pleasure yields only pain. It brings suffering through its constant fluctuations and the lingering fear of its eventual loss.

Close to the Sanskrit

Even at the time of enjoyment and at the end of enjoyment it yields pain alone, and happiness yields it through fluctuation and through the fear of perishability.