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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.26

అర్వాక్స్రోతస్తు నవమ: క్షత్తరేకవిధో నృణామ్ । రజోఽధికా: కర్మపరా దు:ఖే చ సుఖమానిన: ॥ ౨౬ ॥
arvāk-srotas tu navamaḥ
[arvaak-srotas tu navamah]
kṣattar eka-vidho nṛṇām
[kshattar eka-vidho nrinaam]
rajo ’dhikāḥ karma-parā
[rajo ’dhikaah karma-paraa]
duḥkhe ca sukha-māninaḥ
[duhkhe cha sukha-maaninah]
arvāk — downwards srotaḥ — passage of food tu — but navamaḥ — the ninth kṣattaḥ — O Vidura eka-vidhaḥ — one species nṛṇām — of human beings rajaḥ — the mode of passion adhikāḥ — very prominent karma-parāḥ — interested in working duḥkhe — in misery ca — but sukha — happiness māninaḥ — thinking.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
arvāk-srotas tu navamaḥ
arvāk
downwards
srotaḥ
passage of food
tu
but
navamaḥ
the ninth
kṣattar eka-vidho nṛṇām
kṣattaḥ
O Vidura
eka-vidhaḥ
one species
nṛṇām
of human beings
rajo ’dhikāḥ karma-parā
rajaḥ
the mode of passion
adhikāḥ
very prominent
karma-parāḥ
interested in working
duḥkhe ca sukha-māninaḥ
duḥkhe
in misery
ca
but
sukha
happiness
māninaḥ
thinking.
The creation of the human beings, who are of one species only and who stock their eatables in the belly, is the ninth in the rotation. In the human race, the mode of passion is very prominent. Humans are always busy in the midst of miserable life, but they think themselves happy in all respects.

The human being is more passionate than the animals, and thus the sex life of the human being is more irregular. The animals have their due time for sexual intercourse, but the human being has no regular time for such activities. The human being is endowed with a higher, advanced stage of consciousness for getting relief from the existence of material miseries, but due to his ignorance he thinks that his higher consciousness is meant for advancing in the material comforts of life. Thus his intelligence is misused in the animal propensities — eating, sleeping, defending and mating — instead of spiritual realization. By advancing in material comforts the human being puts himself into a more miserable condition, but, illusioned by the material energy, he always thinks himself happy, even while in the midst of misery. Such misery of human life is distinct from the natural comfortable life enjoyed even by the animals.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vidura! The ninth class consists of the beings in which the food is distributed downwards. There is only one class--human beings, who have a predominance of rajas, who are dedicated to work, and who think themselves happy even in distress. The ninth creation consists of beings in which the food is distributed downwards. The qualities are described starting with prominence of rajas.
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