Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 23: The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.17

arthasya sādhane siddhe

utkarṣe rakṣaṇe vyaye

nāśopabhoga āyāsas

trāsaś cintā bhramo nṛṇām

SYNONYMS

arthaysa — of wealth; sādhanein the earning; siddhein the attainment; utkarṣein the increasing; rakṣaṇein the protecting; vyayein the expending; nāśain the loss; upabhoge — and in the enjoyment; āyāsaḥ — labor; trāsaḥ — fear; cintā — anxiety; bhramaḥ — confusion; nṛṇām — for men.

TRANSLATION

In the earning, attainment, increase, protection, expense, loss and enjoyment of wealth, all men experience great labor, fear, anxiety and delusion.

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