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Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
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tures that those who are attached to the enjoyment of material facilities have to sacrifice and undergo certain ritualistic performances. They have to observe certain rules and regulations in their daily lives to be elevated to the heavenly planets. It is stated in this verse that such persons cannot be liberated at any time. Those who worship demigods with the consciousness that each and every demigod is a separate God cannot be elevated to the spiritual world, what to speak of persons who are simply attached to duties for the upliftment of their material condition.
TEXT 17
रजसा कुण्ठमनसः कामात्मानोऽजितेन्द्रियाः ।
पितॄन् यजन्त्यनुदिनं गृहेष्वमिरताशयाः ॥१७॥
rajasā kuṇṭha-manasaḥ kāmātmāno 'jitendriyāḥ pitīn yajanty anudinam gṛheṣv abhiratāśayāḥ
rajasā —by the mode of passion;  kuṇṭha —full of anxieties;  manasaḥ —their minds;  kāma-ātmānaḥ —aspiring for sense gratification;  ajita —uncontrolled;  indriyāḥ —their senses;  pitīn —the forefathers;  yajanti —they worship;  anudinam —every day;  gṛheṣu —in home life;  abhirata —engaged;  āśayāḥ —their minds.
TRANSLATION
Such persons, impelled by the mode of passion, are full of anxieties and always aspire for sense gratification due to uncontrolled senses. They worship the forefathers and are busy day and night improving the economic condition of their family, social or national life.
TEXT 18
त्रैवर्गिकास्ते पुरुषा विमुखा हरिमेधसः ।
कथायां कयनीयोरुविकमस्य मधुद्विषः ॥१८॥
trai-vargikās te puruṣā vimukhā hari-medhasaḥ kathāyām kathanīyoru- vikramasya madhu-dviṣaḥ