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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.27

అధ్వన్యముష్మిన్నిమ ఉపసర్గాస్తథా సుఖదు:ఖరాగద్వేషభయాభిమానప్రమాదోన్మాదశోకమోహలోభమాత్సర్యేర్ష్యావమానక్షుత్పిపాసాధివ్యాధిజన్మజరామరణాదయ: ॥ ౨౭ ॥
adhvany amuṣminn ima upasargās tathā sukha-duḥkha-rāga-dveṣa-bhayābhimāna-pramādonmāda-śoka-moha-lobha-mātsaryerṣyāva-māna-kṣut-pipāsādhi-vyādhi-janma-jarā-maraṇādayaḥ.
[adhvany amushminn ima upasargaas tathaa sukha-duhkha-raaga-dvesha-bhayaabhimaana-pramaadonmaada-shoka-moha-lobha-maatsaryershyaava-maana-kshut-pipaasaadhi-vyaadhi-janma-jaraa-maranaadayah.]
adhvani — on the path of material life amuṣmin — on that ime — all these upasargāḥ — eternal difficulties tathā — so much also sukha — so-called happiness duḥkha — unhappiness rāga — attachment dveṣa — hate bhaya — fear abhimāna — false prestige pramāda — illusion unmāda — madness śoka — lamentation moha — bewilderment lobha — greed mātsarya — envy īrṣya — enmity avamāna — insult kṣut — hunger pipāsā — thirst ādhi — tribulations vyādhi — disease janma — birth jarā — old age maraṇa — death ādayaḥ — and so on.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
adhvany amuṣminn ima upasargās tathā sukha-duḥkha-rāga-dveṣa-bhayābhimāna-pramādonmāda-śoka-moha-lobha-mātsaryerṣyāva-māna-kṣut-pipāsādhi-vyādhi-janma-jarā-maraṇādayaḥ.
adhvani
on the path of material life
amuṣmin
on that
ime
all these
upasargāḥ
eternal difficulties
tathā
so much also
sukha
so-called happiness
duḥkha
unhappiness
rāga
attachment
dveṣa
hate
bhaya
fear
abhimāna
false prestige
pramāda
illusion
unmāda
madness
śoka
lamentation
moha
bewilderment
lobha
greed
mātsarya
envy
īrṣya
enmity
avamāna
insult
kṣut
hunger
pipāsā
thirst
ādhi
tribulations
vyādhi
disease
janma
birth
jarā
old age
maraṇa
death
ādayaḥ
and so on.
In this materialistic life, there are many difficulties, as I have just mentioned, and all of these are insurmountable. In addition, there are difficulties arising from so-called happiness, distress, attachment, hate, fear, false prestige, illusion, madness, lamentation, bewilderment, greed, envy, enmity, insult, hunger, thirst, tribulation, disease, birth, old age and death. All these combine together to give the materialistic conditioned soul nothing but misery.

The conditioned soul has to accept all these conditions simply to enjoy sense gratification in this world. Although people declare themselves great scientists, economists, philosophers, politicians and sociologists, they are actually nothing but rascals. Therefore they have been described as mūḍhas and narādhamas in Bhagavad-gītā (7.15) :

na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jṣānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ

“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind. whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.”

Due to their foolishness, all these materialists are described in Bhagavad-gītā as narādhamas. They have attained the human form in order to get released from material bondage, but instead of doing so, they become further embarrassed amid the miserable material conditions. Therefore they are narādhamas, the lowest of men. One may ask whether scientists, philosophers, economists and mathematicians are also narādhamas, the lowest of men, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead replies that they are because they have no actual knowledge. They are simply proud of their false prestige and position. Actually they do not know how to get relief from the material condition and renovate their spiritual life of transcendental bliss and knowledge. Consequently they waste time and energy in the search for so-called happiness. These are the qualifications of the demons. In Bhagavad-gītā it says that when one has all these demonic qualities, he becomes a mūḍha. Due to this, he envies the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore birth after birth he is born into a demonic family, and he transmigrates from one demonic body to another. Thus he forgets his relationship with Kṛṣṇa and remains a narādhama in an abominable condition life after life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
On that path, there are misfortunes such as happiness, distress, attachment, hatred, fear, pride, inattention, insanity, lamentation, illusion, greed, dissatisfaction, envy, dishonor, hunger, thirst, anxiety, disease, birth, old age and death. This verse explains the words “Wandering on the path, he almost dies because of the great difficulties, loss of wealth and sickness he encounters” mentioned in SB 5.13.13.
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