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The Lord Instructs Śrila Rūpa Gosvāmī
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“One’s devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the following six activities: (1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required, (2) overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to attain, (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters, (4) practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically, (5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and (6) being greedy for mundane achievements.”
TEXT 158
কিন্তু যদি লতার অঙ্গে উঠে ‘উপাদাখা’ ৷৷
ভুক্তি-মুক্তি-বাঞ্ছা, যত অসংখ্য তার লেখা ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
kintu yadi latāra sange uṭhe ‘upaśākhā’ bhukti-mukti-vāñchā, yata asaṅkhya tāra lekhā
SYNONYMS
kintu —but;  yadi —if;  latāra —the creeper of devotional service;  saṅge —with;  uṭhe —arise;  upaśākhā —unwanted creepers;  bhukti —for material enjoyment;  mukti —for liberation from the material world;  vāñchā —the desires;  yata —as many as there are;  asaṅkhya —unlimited;  tāra —of those unwanted creepers;  lekhā —the writing.
TRANSLATION
“Sometimes unwanted creepers, such as the creepers of desires for material enjoyment and liberation from the material world, grow along with the creeper of devotional service. The varieties of such unwanted creepers are unlimited.
TEXT 159
‘‘निमिक्काठारा’, ‘‘कुठीनांठी’, ‘‘जीवहिएमन’ ॥
‘लांभ’, ‘পূজা’, ‘প্রতিষ্ঠানি’ যত উপনাখাগণ ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
‘nișiddhācāra’, ‘kuṭīnāṭī’, ‘jīva-hiṁsana’ ‘lābha’, ‘pūjā’, ‘pratiṣṭhādi’ yata upaśākhā-gaṇa
SYNONYMS
nişiddha-ācāra  —behavior not to be exhibited by a person desiring to become perfect;  kuṭīnāṭi  —diplomacy;  jīva-hirīsana  —unnecessarily killing animals or the