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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.11

వార్తాయాం లుప్యమానాయామారబ్ధాయాం పున: పున: । లోభాభిభూతో ని:సత్త్వ: పరార్థే కురుతే స్పృహామ్ ॥ ౧౧ ॥
vārtāyāṁ lupyamānāyām
[vaartaayaam lupyamaanaayaam]
ārabdhāyāṁ punaḥ punaḥ
[aarabdhaayaam punah punah]
lobhābhibhūto niḥsattvaḥ
[lobhaabhibhooto nihsattvah]
parārthe kurute spṛhām
[paraarthe kurute sprihaam]
vārtāyām — when his occupation lupyamānāyām — is hampered ārabdhāyām — undertaken punaḥ punaḥ — again and again lobha — by greed abhibhūtaḥ — overwhelmed niḥsattvaḥ — ruined para-arthe — for the wealth of others kurute spṛhām — he longs.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vārtāyāṁ lupyamānāyām
vārtāyām
when his occupation
lupyamānāyām
is hampered
ārabdhāyāṁ punaḥ punaḥ
ārabdhāyām
undertaken
punaḥ punaḥ
again and again
lobhābhibhūto niḥsattvaḥ
lobha
by greed
abhibhūtaḥ
overwhelmed
niḥsattvaḥ
ruined
parārthe kurute spṛhām
para-arthe
for the wealth of others
kurute spṛhām
he longs.
When he suffers reverses in his occupation, he tries again and again to improve himself, but when he is baffled in all attempts and is ruined, he accepts money from others because of excessive greed.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After trying again and again to maintain himself while failing each time, overcome by greed and feeling miserable, he desires others wealth. Vārtāyām means “in maintaining himself.”
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