Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.26

kasmāt sańkliśyate vidvān

vyarthayārthehayāsakṛt

kasyacin māyayā nūnaḿ

loko 'yaḿ su-vimohitaḥ

SYNONYMS

kasmāt — why; sańkliśyate — suffers; vidvān — one who is wise; vyarthayā — vain; artha-īhayā — in the pursuit of wealth; asakṛt — constantly; kasyacit — of someone; māyayā — by the illusory potency; nūnam — certainly; lokaḥ — the world; ayam — this; su-vimohitaḥ — very much bewildered.

TRANSLATION

Why must an intelligent man suffer by his constant vain efforts to get wealth? Indeed, this whole world is most bewildered by someone's illusory potency.

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