Text 37] The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata
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described the material opulences of Mahārāja Priyavrata, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, in this verse, describes his tendency for renunciation.
The words  devarṣi-caraṇānuśayana  indicate that Mahārāja Priyavrata, having fully surrendered to the great sage Devarṣi Nārada, was strictly following all the devotional processes and regulative principles under his direction. In regard to strictly following the regulative principles, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says;  daṇḍavat-praṇāmās tān anupatitaḥ . By immediately offering obeisances ( daṇḍavat ) unto the spiritual master and by strictly following his directions, the student becomes advanced. Mahārāja Priyavrata was doing all these things regularly.
As long as one is in the material world, he has to be under the influence of the modes of material nature ( guṇa-visarga ). It is not that Mahārāja Priyavrata was freed from material influence because he possessed all material opulences. In this material world, both the very poor man and the very rich man are under material influences, for both wealth and poverty are creations of the modes of material nature. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.27),  prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ . According to the modes of material nature we acquire, the material nature gives us facility for material enjoyment.
TEXT 37
अहो असाध्वनुष्ठितं यदभिनिवेशितोऽहमिन्द्रयैरविद्यारचितविषमविषयान्ध- कूपे तदलमलममुष्या वनिताया विनोदमृगं मां धिग्धिगिति गर्हयाञ्चकार ॥ ३७ ॥
aho asādhv anuṣṭhitam yad abhiniveśito 'ham indriyair avidyā-racita- viṣama-viṣayāndha-kūpe tad alam alam amuṣyā vanitāyā vinoda- mṛgam mām dhig dhig iti garhayām cakāra.
aho—alas; asādhu—not good; anuṣṭhitam—executed; yat—because: abhiniveśitaḥ—being completely absorbed; aham—I; indriyaiḥ—for sense gratification; avidyā—by nescience; racita—made: viṣama— causing distress; viṣaya—sense gratification; andha-kūpe—in the dark well; tat—that: alam—insignificant; alam—of no importance: