US-P14.028ab ।US-P14.028cd ॥
In plain words
What use is divine lordship, or even the status of Brahmā or Indra, if that craving—the source of all wretchedness and sorrow—has been severed completely at the root?
Close to the Sanskrit
What by lordship of him, or by the state of Brahmā or Indra again, if thirst is cut off from all sides, which is the source of all wretchedness and inauspiciousness?