B.Ab 3.07

गुणदोषैः सुखस्यापि वृद्धिह्रासौ विमुक्तिगौ। नृणां सुराणां मुक्तौ तु सुखं क्लृप्तं यथाक्रमम् ॥३-७॥

guṇadoṣaiḥ sukhasyāpi vṛddihrāsau vimuktigau। nṛṇāṃ surāṇāṃ muktau tu sukhaṃ kḷptaṃ yathākramam ॥3-7॥

[गुण-दोषैः (guṇa-doṣaiḥ) - by merits and faults; सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of happiness; अपि (api) - even; वृद्धि-ह्रासौ (vṛddhi-hrāsau) - increase and decrease; विमुक्ति-गौ (vimukti-gau) - leading to liberation; नृणां (nṛṇāṃ) - of men; सुराणां (surāṇāṃ) - of gods; मुक्तौ (muktau) - in liberation; तु (tu) - but; सुखं (sukhaṃ) - happiness; क्लृप्तं (kḷptaṃ) - established; यथा-क्रमम् (yathā-kramam) - according to order;]

Happiness, even for men and gods, increases or decreases due to merits and faults, but in liberation, happiness alone is firmly established according to the proper order. (3-7)

॥ इति तृतीयोऽध्यायः॥

॥ iti tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ॥

[इति (iti) - thus; तृतीयः (tṛtīyaḥ) - third; अध्यायः (adhyāyaḥ) - chapter;]

Thus ends the third chapter.