20 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 6

farthing is lost by mismanagement. Thus although an attached
person in material existence always suffers from threefold mis-
eries, he does not develop a distaste for the way of material exis-
tence.

PURPORT

A foolish man does not understand the values of human life, nor does
he understand how he is wasting his valuable life simply for the mainte-
nance of his family members. He is expert in calculating the loss of
pounds, shillings and pence, but he is so foolish that he does not know
how much money he is losing, even according to material considerations.
Canakya Pandita gives the example that a moment of life cannot be
purchased in exchange for millions of dollars. A foolish person, however,
wastes such a valuable life without knowing how much he is losing, even
according to monetary calculations. Although a materialistic person is ex-
pert in calculating costs and doing business, he does not realize that he is
misusing his costly life for want of knowledge. Even though such a ma-
terialistic person is always suffering threefold miseries, he is not intelli-
gent enough to cease his materialistic way of life.

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TUATHA RA FSSA UUM

vittesu nitydbhinivista-ceta
vidvams ca dosar para-vitta-hartuh
pretyeha vathapy ajitendriyas tad
asanta-kamo harate kutumbi

vittesu—in material wealth; nitya-abhinivista-cetah—whose mind is
always absorbed; vidvan—having learned; ca—also; dosam—the fault;
para-vitta-hartuh—of one who steals the money of others by cheating or
by transactions on the black market; pretya—after dying; iha—in this
