SB 11.23.17 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.17

अर्थस्य साधने सिद्धे उत्कर्षे रक्षणे व्यये । नाशोपभोग आयासस्‍‍‍‍‍त्रासश्चिन्ता भ्रमो नृणाम् ॥ १७ ॥

arthasya sādhane siddhe

[arthasya saadhane siddhe]

utkarṣe rakṣaṇe vyaye

[utkarshe rakshane vyaye]

nāśopabhoga āyāsas

[naashopabhoga aayaasas]

trāsaś cintā bhramo nṛṇām

[traasash chintaa bhramo nrinaam]

Word-for-word

arthaysa — of wealth sādhane — in the earning siddhe — in the attainment utkarṣe — in the increasing rakṣaṇe — in the protecting vyaye — in the expending nāśa — in the loss upabhoge — and in the enjoyment āyāsaḥ — labor trāsaḥ — fear cintā — anxiety bhramaḥ — confusion nṛṇām — for men.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

arthasya sādhane siddhe

arthaysa

of wealth

sādhane

in the earning

siddhe

in the attainment

utkarṣe rakṣaṇe vyaye

utkarṣe

in the increasing

rakṣaṇe

in the protecting

vyaye

in the expending

nāśopabhoga āyāsas

nāśa

in the loss

upabhoge

and in the enjoyment

āyāsaḥ

labor

trāsaś cintā bhramo nṛṇām

trāsaḥ

fear

cintā

anxiety

bhramaḥ

confusion

nṛṇām

for men.

In the earning, attainment, increase, protection, expense, loss and enjoyment of wealth, all men experience great labor, fear, anxiety and delusion.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

In the earning, and after attainment, in increase, protection, expense, loss and enjoyment of wealth, all men experience great labor, fear, anxiety and delusion. In earning wealth, and after attaining it, in increasing it, in protecting it, spending it, losing it and enjoying it, there are problems.

Personal Guidance

In earning, attaining, increasing, protecting, expending, losing, and enjoying wealth, all experience labor, fear, anxiety, delusion. Wealth's whole life-cycle is heavy.

Reflection Questions

At which stage of wealth do I suffer most?
What does this picture suggest about scaling down ambition?

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