Text 14]
Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
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“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are  yogīs  in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.” One’s real concern should be to free himself from the repetition of birth and death and attain the topmost perfection of life by living with the Supreme King in the spiritual world. In these verses the sons of Dakṣa repeatedly say,  kim asat-karmabhir bhavet : “What is the use of impermanent fruitive activities?”
TEXT 14
नानारूपात्मनो बुद्धिः स्वैरिणीव गुणान्विता । तन्निष्ठामगतस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥१४॥
nānā-rūpātmano buddhiḥ svairiṇīva guṇānvitā tan-niṣṭhām agatasyeha kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
nānā —various;  rūpā —who has forms or dresses;  ātmanaḥ —of the living entity;  buddhiḥ —the intelligence;  svairiṇī —a prostitute who freely decorates herself with different types of cloths and ornaments;  iva —like;  guṇa-anvitā —endowed with the mode of passion, and so on;  tat-niṣṭhām —the cessation of that;  agatasya —of one who has not obtained;  iha —in this material world;  kim asat-karmabhiḥ bhavet —what is the use of performing temporary fruitive activities.
TRANSLATION
[Nārada Muni had described a woman who is a professional prostitute. The Haryaśvas understood the identity of this woman.] Mixed with the mode of passion, the unsteady intelligence of every living entity is like a prostitute who changes dresses just to attract one’s attention. If one fully engages in temporary fruitive activities, not understanding how this is taking place, what does he actually gain?