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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.19.13

यत् पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशव: स्त्रिय: । न दुह्यन्ति मन:प्रीतिं पुंस: कामहतस्य ते ॥ १३ ॥
yat pṛthivyāṁ vrīhi-yavaṁ
[yat prithivyaam vreehi-yavam]
hiraṇyaṁ paśavaḥ striyaḥ
[hiranyam pashavah striyah]
na duhyanti manaḥ-prītiṁ
[na duhyanti manah-preetim]
puṁsaḥ kāma-hatasya te
[pumsah kaama-hatasya te]
yat — what pṛthivyām — within this world vrīhi — food grains, rice yavam — barley hiraṇyam — gold paśavaḥ — animals striyaḥ — wives or other women na duhyanti — do not give manaḥ-prītim — satisfaction of the mind puṁsaḥ — to a person kāma-hatasya — because of being victimized by lusty desires te — they.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yat pṛthivyāṁ vrīhi-yavaṁ
yat
what
pṛthivyām
within this world
vrīhi
food grains, rice
yavam
barley
hiraṇyaṁ paśavaḥ striyaḥ
hiraṇyam
gold
paśavaḥ
animals
striyaḥ
wives or other women
na duhyanti manaḥ-prītiṁ
na duhyanti
do not give
manaḥ-prītim
satisfaction of the mind
puṁsaḥ kāma-hatasya te
puṁsaḥ
to a person
kāma-hatasya
because of being victimized by lusty desires
te
they.
A person who is lusty cannot satisfy his mind even if he has enough of everything in this world, including rice, barley and other food grains, gold, animals and women. Nothing can satisfy him.

Improvement of one’s economic condition is the aim and object of a materialist, but there is no end to this material advancement, for if one cannot control his lusty desires, he will never be pleased, even if he gets all the material wealth of the world. In this age we see much material improvement, but still people are struggling to get more and more material opulence. Manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati . Although every living entity is a part of the Supreme Being, because of lusty desires one continuously struggles for so-called betterment of one’s economic condition. To have a satisfied mind, one must give up his heart disease of lusty desires. This can be done only when one is Kṛṣṇa conscious.

bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ

( Bhāg. 10.33.39 )

If one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, then he can give up this heart disease; otherwise this disease of lusty desires will continue, and one cannot have peace in his mind.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
A person who is controlled by lust cannot satisfy his mind with anything in the world-, whether it is rice, barley and other food grains, gold, animals or women. “But you, the king, have everything. How can you be miserable, when you enjoy with happiness from so many sense objects?” For one stricken by lust, nothing satisfies. Being stricken with lust is the cause of not being full satisfied.
Related verses
A lusty mind is not satisfied by full granaries, gold, animals, and women — nothing is enough. Lust is not a problem of supply but of structure; more supply only intensifies the structural lack.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I still trying to fix structural lust with better supply?
  • What practice tackles the structure rather than the supply line?
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