444 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 13
begging is unsuccessful, he borrows. If he cannot pay, he steals, and
when he is caught, he is insulted. This is the law of material existence.
No one can live here very honestly; therefore by trickery, cheating, beg-
ging, borrowing or stealing, one tries to satisfy his senses. Thus no one in
this material world is living peacefully.
TEXT 13
raat aoTaTRT-
qaret faaateay |
WAT AAP aA
a
mrenranaerq = fT: NR
anyonya-vitta-vyatisanga-vrddha-
vairanubandho vivahan mithas ca
adhvany amusminn uru-krechra-vitta-
badhopasargair viharan vipannah
anyonya—with one another: vitta-vyatisariga—by monetary transac-
tions; vrddha—increased: vaira-anubandhah—one is encumbered by
enmity; vivahan—sometimes marrying; mithah—one another: ca—
and: adhvani—on the path of material existence; amusmin—that; uru-
krcechra—by great difficulties; vitta-baddha—by scarcity of money;
upasargaih—by diseases: viharan—wandering: vipannah—one
becomes fully embarrassed.
TRANSLATION
Due to monetary transactions, relationships become very
strained and end in enmity. Sometimes the husband and wife walk
on the path of material progress, and to maintain their relation-
ship they work very hard. Sometimes due to scarcity of money or
due to diseased conditions, they are embarrassed and almost die.
PURPORT
In this material world, there are many transactions between peoples
and societies as well as between nations, but gradually these end in en-
