evaá¹ pravá¹›ttasya sadÄ
bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹ Å›reyasi dvijÄḥ
sarvÄtmakenÄpi yadÄ
nÄtuá¹£yad dhá¹›dayaá¹ tataḥ
evam - thus; pravá¹›ttasya - one who is engaged in; sadÄ - always; bhÅ«tÄnÄm - of the living beings; Å›reyasi - in the ultimate good; dvijÄḥ - O twice-born; sarvÄtmakena api - by all means; yadÄ - when; na - not; atuá¹£yat - become satisfied; há¹›dayam - mind; tataḥ - at that.
O twice-born brÄhmaṇas, still his mind was not satisfied, although he engaged himself in working for the total welfare of all people.
ÅšrÄ« VyÄsadeva was not satisfied with himself, although he had prepared literatures of Vedic value for the all-around welfare of the general mass of people. It was expected that he would be satisfied by all such activities, but ultimately he was not satisfied.
