Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.63.42

yas tvāḿ visṛjate martya

ātmānaḿ priyam īśvaram

viparyayendriyārthārthaḿ

viṣam atty amṛtaḿ tyajan

SYNONYMS

yaḥ — who; tvām — You; visṛjate — rejects; martyaḥ — mortal man; ātmānam — his true Self; priyam — dearmost; īśvaram — Lord; viparyaya — which are just the opposite; indriya-artha — of sense objects; artham — for the sake; viṣam — poison; atti — he eats; amṛtam — nectar; tyajan — avoiding.

TRANSLATION

That mortal who rejects You — his true Self, dearmost friend, and Lord — for the sake of sense objects, whose nature is just the opposite, refuses nectar and instead consumes poison.

PURPORT

The person described above is pitiable because he rejects that which is actually dear, the Lord, and accepts that which is not dear and is ungodly: temporary sense gratification, which leads to suffering and bewilderment.

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