Text 18] Entanglement in Fruitive Activities 1383
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 conscious-
ness 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
THM FSA: PUTAS AAT: |
freq qarcrgfed Teafeaen: 12 oll
rajasa kuntha-manasah
kamatmano ‘jitendriyah
pitrn yajanty anudinam
grhesv abhiratasayah
rajasa—by the mode of passion; kuntha—full of anxieties; manasah—
their minds; kima-dtmanah—aspiring for sense gratification; ajita—uncon-
trolled; indriyah—their senses; pitrn—the forefathers; yajanti— they worship;
anudinam—every day; grhesu—in home life; abhirata—engaged; asayah—
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
Aafia ged Aya casa: |
eure wetateltarrea | afer: 12 cll
trai-vargikas te purusa
vimukha hari-medhasah
kathayam kathaniyoru-
vikramasya madhu-dvisah
