Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.17.56
यस्त्वासक्तमतिर्गेहे पुत्रवित्तैषणातुर: ।
स्त्रैण: कृपणधीर्मूढो ममाहमिति बध्यते ॥ ५६ ॥
yas tv āsakta-matir gehe
[yas tv aasakta-matir gehe]
putra-vittaiṣaṇāturaḥ
[putra-vittaishanaaturah]
straiṇaḥ kṛpaṇa-dhīr mūḍho
[strainah kripana-dheer moodho]
mamāham iti badhyate
[mamaaham iti badhyate]
Word-for-word
yaḥ
—
one who
tu
—
however
āsakta
—
attached
matiḥ
—
whose consciousness
gehe
—
to his home
putra
—
for children
vitta
—
and money
eṣaṇa
—
by ardent desire
āturaḥ
—
disturbed
straiṇaḥ
—
lusty to enjoy women
kṛpaṇa
—
miserly
dhīḥ
—
whose mentality
mūḍhaḥ
—
unintelligent
mama
—
everything is mine
aham
—
I am everything
iti
—
thus thinking
badhyate
—
is bound.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yas tv āsakta-matir gehe
yaḥ
one who
putra-vittaiṣaṇāturaḥ
tu
however
āsakta
attached
straiṇaḥ kṛpaṇa-dhīr mūḍho
mamāham iti badhyate
matiḥ
whose consciousness
gehe
to his home
putra
for children
vitta
and money
eṣaṇa
by ardent desire
āturaḥ
disturbed
straiṇaḥ
lusty to enjoy women
kṛpaṇa
miserly
dhīḥ
whose mentality
mūḍhaḥ
unintelligent
mama
everything is mine
aham
I am everything
iti
thus thinking
badhyate
is bound.
But a householder whose mind is attached to his home and who is thus disturbed by ardent desires to enjoy his money and children, who is lusty after women, who is possessed of a miserly mentality and who unintelligently thinks, “Everything is mine and I am everything,” is certainly bound in illusion.
Purport
Although one may try by various analytical or psychological processes to detach the mind from illusory family attachment, one will inevitably be drawn back into the network of material attachment unless the heart is purified by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A miserly householder thinks only of his own family or community, without mercy for outsiders. Being egoistic, lusty, attached and always disturbed by ardent desires to enjoy money and children, a materialistic householder is hopelessly bound in a web of anxiety.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
But a householder whose mind is attached to his home and who is thus disturbed by ardent desires to enjoy his money and children, who is lusty after women, who miserly and who unintelligently thinks, “Everything is mine and I am everything,” is certainly bound in illusion.
The faults of attachment to the house are described in three verses.
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Personal Guidance
A householder whose mind clings to home, money, children, women, with miserly mentality thinking 'everything is mine and I am everything,' is certain to fall. The diagnosis is direct.
Reflection Questions
- Where do I half-believe 'everything is mine and I am everything'?
- What corrects that belief in the act?
My note
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