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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.13.4

నివాసతోయద్రవిణాత్మబుద్ధి- స్తతస్తతో ధావతి భో అటవ్యామ్ । క్‍వచిచ్చ వాత్యోత్థితపాంసుధూమ్రా దిశో న జానాతి రజస్వలాక్ష: ॥ ౪ ॥
nivāsa-toya-draviṇātma-buddhis
[nivaasa-toya-dravinaatma-buddhis]
tatas tato dhāvati bho aṭavyām
[tatas tato dhaavati bho atavyaam]
kvacic ca vātyotthita-pāṁsu-dhūmrā
[kvachich cha vaatyotthita-paamsu-dhoomraa]
diśo na jānāti rajas-valākṣaḥ
[disho na jaanaati rajas-valaakshah]
nivāsa — residential place toya — water draviṇa — wealth ātma-buddhiḥ — who considers these material things the ātma, or self tataḥ tataḥ — here and there dhāvati — he runs bhoḥ — O King aṭavyām — on that forest path of material existence kvacit ca — and sometimes vātyā — by the whirlwind utthita — raised pāṁsu — by dust dhūmrāḥ — appear smoke-colored diśaḥ — the directions na — not jānāti — knows rajaḥ-vala-akṣaḥ — whose eyes are covered by the dust of the wind or who is captivated by his wife during her menstrual period.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nivāsa-toya-draviṇātma-buddhis
nivāsa
residential place
toya
water
draviṇa
wealth
ātma-buddhiḥ
who considers these material things the ātma, or self
tatas tato dhāvati bho aṭavyām
tataḥ tataḥ
here and there
dhāvati
he runs
bhoḥ
O King
aṭavyām
on that forest path of material existence
kvacic ca vātyotthita-pāṁsu-dhūmrā
kvacit ca
and sometimes
vātyā
by the whirlwind
utthita
raised
pāṁsu
by dust
dhūmrāḥ
appear smoke-colored
diśo na jānāti rajas-valākṣaḥ
diśaḥ
the directions
na
not
jānāti
knows
rajaḥ-vala-akṣaḥ
whose eyes are covered by the dust of the wind or who is captivated by his wife during her menstrual period.
My dear King, the merchant on the forest path of the material world, his intelligence victimized by home, wealth, relatives and so forth, runs from one place to another in search of success. Sometimes his eyes are covered by the dust of a whirlwind — that is to say, in his lust he is captivated by the beauty of his wife, especially during her menstrual period. Thus his eyes are blinded, and he cannot see where to go or what he is doing.

It is said that household attraction resides in the wife because sex is the center of household life: yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham. A materialistic person, making his wife the center of attraction, works very hard day and night. His only enjoyment in material life is sexual intercourse. Therefore karmīs are attracted to women as friends or wives. Indeed, they cannot work without sex. Under the circumstances the wife is compared to a whirlwind, especially during her menstrual period. Those who strictly follow the rules and regulations of householder life engage in sex only once a month, at the end of the menstrual period. As one looks forward to this opportunity, his eyes are overwhelmed by the beauty of his wife. Thus it is said that the whirlwind covers the eyes with dust. Such a lusty person does not know that all his material activities are being observed by different demigods, especially the sun-god, and are being recorded for the karma of one’s next body. Astrological calculations are called jyoti-śāstra. Because the jyoti, or effulgence, in the material world comes from the different stars and planets, the science is called jyoti-śāstra, the science of the luminaries. By the calculations of jyoti, our future is indicated. In other words, all the luminaries — the stars, sun and moon — witness the activities of the conditioned soul. Thus he is awarded a particular type of body. A lusty person whose eyes are covered by the dust of the whirlwind of material existence does not at all consider that his activities are being observed by different stars and planets and are being recorded. Not knowing this, the conditioned soul commits all kinds of sinful activities for the satisfaction of his lusty desires.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! Thinking that house, water, and wealth are his, he runs here and there in the forest. Covered with dirt raised by a whirlwind, his eyes blinded by dust, he does not know the directions. Thinking that house and wealth are his, he runs here and there (tataḥ tataḥ). He becomes covered by the impulses of lust because of a woman. This is comparable to being covered by dirt raised by a whirlwind. His eyes blinded by lust, he does not know that the devatās of the directions are witness to his actions.
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