Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 30: Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.30.11

vartayam lupyamanayam

arabdhayam punah punah

lobhabhibhuto nihsattvah

pararthe kurute sprham

SYNONYMS

vartayam -- when his occupation; lupyamanayam -- is hampered; arabdhayam -- undertaken; punah punah -- again and again; lobha -- by greed; abhibhutah -- overwhelmed; nihsattvah -- ruined; para-arthe -- for the wealth of others; kurute sprham -- he longs.

TRANSLATION

When he suffers reverses in his occupation, he tries again and again to improve himself, but when he is baffled in all attempts and is ruined, he accepts money from others because of excessive greed.

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