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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 19]
economic condition. To have a satisfied mind, one must give up his heart disease of lusty desires. This can be done only when one is Kṛṣṇa conscious.
bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ (Bhāg. 10.33.39)
If one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, then he can give up this heart disease; otherwise this disease of lusty desires will continue, and one cannot have peace in his mind.
TEXT 14
न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति । हविषा कृष्णवत्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते ॥१४॥
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāṁyati haviṣā kṛṣṇa-vartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate
na—not; jātu—at any time; kāmaḥ—lusty desires; kāmānām—of persons who are very lusty; upabhogena—by enjoyment of lusty desires; śāṁyati—can be pacified; haviṣā—by supplying butter; kṛṣṇa-vartmā—fire; iva—like; bhūyaḥ—again and again; eva—indeed; abhivardhate—increases more and more.
TRANSLATION
As supplying butter to a fire does not diminish the fire but instead increases it more and more, the endeavor to stop lusty desires by continual enjoyment can never be successful. [In fact, one must voluntarily cease from material desires.]
PURPORT
One may have enough money and enough resources to satisfy the senses but still not be satisfied, for the endeavor to stop lusty desires by