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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.30.12

kutumba-bharanākalpo

manda-bhāgyo vrithodyamah

śriyā vihīnah kripano

dhyāyań chvasiti mūdha-dhīh

SYNONYMS

kutumba — his family; bharanain maintaining; akalpah — unable; manda-bhāgyah — the unfortunate man; vrithāin vain; udyamah — whose effort; śriyā — beauty, wealth; vihīnah — bereft of; kripanah — wretched; dhyāyan — grieving; śvasitihe sighs; mūdha — bewildered; dhīh — his intelligence.

TRANSLATION

Thus the unfortunate man, unsuccessful in maintaining his family members, is bereft of all beauty. He always thinks of his failure, grieving very deeply.

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