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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.6

आत्मजायासुतागारपशुद्रविणबन्धुषु । निरूढमूलहृदय आत्मानं बहु मन्यते ॥ ६ ॥
ātma-jāyā-sutāgāra-
[aatma-jaayaa-sutaagaara-]
paśu-draviṇa-bandhuṣu
[pashu-dravina-bandhushu]
nirūḍha-mūla-hṛdaya
[niroodha-moola-hridaya]
ātmānaṁ bahu manyate
[aatmaanam bahu manyate]
Word-for-word
ātma — body jāyā — wife suta — children agāra — home paśu — animals draviṇa — wealth bandhuṣu — in friends nirūḍha-mūla — deep-rooted hṛdayaḥ — his heart ātmānam — himself bahu — highly manyate — he thinks.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ātma-jāyā-sutāgāra-
ātma
body
jāyā
wife
suta
children
agāra
home
paśu-draviṇa-bandhuṣu
paśu
animals
draviṇa
wealth
bandhuṣu
in friends
nirūḍha-mūla-hṛdaya
nirūḍha-mūla
deep-rooted
hṛdayaḥ
his heart
ātmānaṁ bahu manyate
ātmānam
himself
bahu
highly
manyate
he thinks.
Such satisfaction with one’s standard of living is due to deep-rooted attraction for body, wife, home, children, animals, wealth and friends. In such association, the conditioned soul thinks himself quite perfect.
Purport

This so-called perfection of human life is a concoction. Therefore, it is said that the materialist, however materially qualified he may be, is worthless because he is hovering on the mental plane, which will drag him again to the material existence of temporary life. One who acts on the mental plane cannot get promotion to the spiritual. Such a person is always sure to glide down again to material life. In the association of so-called society, friendship and love, the conditioned soul appears completely satisfied.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
With his heart deeply rooted in his body, wife, sons, house, animals, wealth and friends, he is feels fully successful. Nirūḍha-mūla-hṛdayaḥ means “he whose heart has grown roots of attachment.”
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Personal Guidance
The verse points at the threefold miseries not to depress the reader but to interrupt the fantasy that the next arrangement will finally be different. Its centre of gravity is material existence.
Reflection Questions
  • Where have you been blaming people for what is actually a structural feature of material life?
  • Where is māyā's hand most active in your week, and how could you cooperate with reality instead?
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