In the beginning I was alone and engaged in performing austerities but later, because of the association of fish, I became fifty members, and then increased to five thousand members. My intelligence destroyed by the guṇas, thinking enjoyment as the goal of life, I obtained no end to my desires in this and next life. He explains further the fault of association. By association with fifty wives I became fifty. By sons I became five thousand since he had a hundred sons by each wife. Thinking that enjoyment is the goal of life (artha-bhāvaḥ), I obtained no end to desires for performing actions for this and next life (ubhaya-kṛtya).