Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 8: The Story of Pińgalā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.8.29

na hy ańgājāta-nirvedo

deha-bandhaḿ jihāsati

yathā vijñāna-rahito

manujo mamatāḿ nṛpa

SYNONYMS

na — does not; hi — certainly; ańgaO King; ajāta — who has not developed; nirvedaḥ — detachment; deha — of the material body; bandham — bondage; jihāsatihe desires to give up; yathā — just as; vijñāna — realized knowledge; rahitaḥ — bereft of; manujaḥa human being; mamatām — false sense of proprietorship; nṛpaO King.

TRANSLATION

O King, just as a human being who is bereft of spiritual knowledge never desires to give up his false sense of proprietorship over many material things, similarly, a person who has not developed detachment never desires to give up the bondage of the material body.

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