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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 2.44
bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam
tayapahrta-cetasam
vyavasayatmika buddhih
SYNONYMS
bhoga -- to material enjoyment; aisvarya -- and opulence; prasaktanam -- for those who are attached; taya -- by such things; apahrta-cetasam -- bewildered in mind; vyavasaya-atmika -- fixed in determination; buddhih -- devotional service to the Lord; samadhau -- in the controlled mind; na -- never; vidhiyate -- does take place.
TRANSLATION
In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place.
PURPORT
Samadhi means "fixed mind." The Vedic dictionary, the Nirukti, says, samyag adhiyate 'sminn atma-tattva-yathatmyam: "When the mind is fixed for understanding the self, it is said to be in samadhi. " Samadhi is never possible for persons interested in material sense enjoyment, nor for those who are bewildered by such temporary things. They are more or less condemned by the process of material energy.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness