Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.51.45

sri-mucukunda uvaca

vimohito 'yam jana isa mayaya

tvadiyaya tvam na bhajaty anartha-drk

sukhaya duhkha-prabhavesu sajjate

grhesu yosit purusas ca vancitah

SYNONYMS

sri-mucukundah uvaca -- Sri Mucukunda said; vimohitah -- bewildered; ayam -- this; janah -- person; isa -- O Lord; mayaya -- by the illusory energy; tvadiyaya -- Your own; tvam -- You; na bhajati -- does not worship; anartha-drk -- not seeing one's real benefit; sukhaya -- for the sake of happiness; duhkha -- misery; prabhavesu -- in things that cause; sajjate -- becomes entangled; grhesu -- in affairs of family life; yosit -- woman; purusah -- man; ca -- and; vancitah -- cheated.

TRANSLATION

Sri Mucukunda said: O Lord, the people of this world, both men and women, are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Unaware of their real benefit, they do not worship You but instead seek happiness by entangling themselves in family affairs, which are actually sources of misery.

PURPORT

Mucukunda immediately makes it clear that he is not going to ask the Lord for material blessings. He has advanced, spiritually, far beyond those who try to exploit religion for all kinds of material benefits. Artha means "value," and the negation of this word, anartha, means "that which is valueless or useless." Thus the term anartha-drk indicates those whose vision is focused on valueless things, who have not understood what actual artha, or value, is. All that glitters is not gold, and Mucukunda here emphatically states that we should not ruin our spiritual chances by entangling ourselves in the fool's gold of bodily relationships. We are meant to love the Lord.

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