sukhāya - for happiness; duḥkha-mokṣāya - for release from the unhappy state; kurvāte - perform; dam-patī - the wife and husband; kriyāḥ - activities; tataḥ - from that; anivṛttiḥ - no cessation; aprāptiḥ - no achievement; duḥkhasya - of distress; ca - also; sukhasya - of happiness; ca - also.

As husband and wife, a man and woman plan together to attain happiness and decrease unhappiness, working jointly in many ways, but because their activities are full of desires, these activities are never a source of happiness, and they never diminish distress. On the contrary, they are a cause of great unhappiness.