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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.7

క్‍వచిచ్చాశేషదోషనిషదనం పురీషవిశేషం తద్వర్ణగుణనిర్మితమతి: సువర్ణముపాదిత్సత్యగ్నికామకాతర ఇవోల్ముకపిశాచమ్ ॥ ౭ ॥
kvacic cāśeṣa-doṣa-niṣadanaṁ purīṣa-viśeṣaṁ tad-varṇa-guṇa-nirmita-matiḥ suvarṇam upāditsaty agni-kāma-kātara ivolmuka-piśācam.
[kvachich chaashesha-dosha-nishadanam pureesha-vishesham tad-varna-guna-nirmita-matih suvarnam upaaditsaty agni-kaama-kaatara ivolmuka-pishaacham.]
kvacit — sometimes ca — also aśeṣa — unlimited doṣa — of faults niṣadanam — the source of purīṣa — of stool viśeṣam — a particular type tat-varṇa-guṇa — whose color is the same as that of the mode of passion (reddish) nirmita-matiḥ — whose mind is absorbed in that suvarṇam — gold upāditsati — desiring to get agni-kāma — by the desire for fire kātaraḥ — who is troubled iva — like ulmuka-piśācam — a phosphorescent light known as a will-o’-the-wisp, which is sometimes mistaken for a ghost.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kvacic cāśeṣa-doṣa-niṣadanaṁ purīṣa-viśeṣaṁ tad-varṇa-guṇa-nirmita-matiḥ suvarṇam upāditsaty agni-kāma-kātara ivolmuka-piśācam.
kvacit
sometimes
ca
also
aśeṣa
unlimited
doṣa
of faults
niṣadanam
the source of
purīṣa
of stool
viśeṣam
a particular type
tat-varṇa-guṇa
whose color is the same as that of the mode of passion (reddish)
nirmita-matiḥ
whose mind is absorbed in that
suvarṇam
gold
upāditsati
desiring to get
agni-kāma
by the desire for fire
kātaraḥ
who is troubled
iva
like
ulmuka-piśācam
a phosphorescent light known as a will-o’-the-wisp, which is sometimes mistaken for a ghost.
Sometimes the living entity is interested in the yellow stool known as gold and runs after it. That gold is the source of material opulence and envy, and it can enable one to afford illicit sex, gambling, meat-eating and intoxication. Those whose minds are overcome by the mode of passion are attracted by the color of gold, just as a man suffering from cold in the forest runs after a phosphorescent light in a marshy land, considering it to be fire.

Parīkṣit Mahārāja told Kali-yuga to leave his kingdom immediately and reside in four places: brothels, liquor shops, slaughterhouses and gambling casinos. However, Kali-yuga requested him to give him only one place where these four places are included, and Parīkṣit Mahārāja gave him the place where gold is stored. Gold encompasses the four principles of sin, and therefore, according to spiritual life, gold should be avoided as far as possible. If there is gold, there is certainly illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. Because people in the Western world have a great deal of gold, they are victims of these four sins. The color of gold is very glittering, and a materialistic person becomes very much attracted by its yellow color. However, this gold is actually a type of stool. A person with a bad liver generally passes yellow stool. The color of this stool attracts a materialistic person, just as the will-o’-the-wisp attracts one who needs heat.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sometimes, when his mind becomes absorbed in gold, the color of rajoguṇa, which is the source of unlimited faults, he desires to possess gold, just as a person suffering from cold, desiring fire, chases after a glowing ghost. This verse explains the firebrand mentioned in SB 5.13.3. The jīva’s mind is absorbed in the stool of Agni, gold, which is reddish, the color of rajoguṇa. He desires to take other’s possessions, represented by gold. He desires to go to hell. This is like a person who, wandering in the forest, anxious for fire to relieve himself of the cold, chases after the glow of a ghost, thinking it to be fire. He does this till he dies.
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