70 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 19
not expect honor from anyone, but instead desires all well-being even for
his enemy, he is understood to be a paramaharisa, one who has fully
subdued the lusty desires for sense gratification.
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Tl TT qatar TA Ha |
Tt TOME Fratraet TAHA Fe MATT 124
ya dustyaja durmatibhir
Jiryato ya na jiryate
tam trsnam duhkha-nivaham
Sarma-kdmo drutam tyajet
ya—that which; dustyaja—extremely difficult to give up;
durmatibhih—by persons too attached to material enjoyment; jiryatah—
even by one who is an invalid because of old age; ya—that which; na—
not; jiryate—is vanquished; tam—such; trsném—desire; duhkha-
nivaham—which is the cause of all tribulations; sarma-kdmah—a per-
son desiring his own happiness; drutam—very soon; tyajet—should
give up.
TRANSLATION
For those who are too attached to material enjoyment, sense
gratification is very difficult to give up. Even when one is an in-
valid because of old age, one cannot give up such desires for sense
gratification. Therefore, one who actually desires happiness must
give up such unsatisfied desires, which are the cause of all
tribulations.
PURPORT
We have actually seen, especially in the Western countries, that men
who have reached more than eighty years of age still go to nightclubs and
pay heavy fees to drink wine and associate with women. Although such
men are too old to enjoy anything, their desires have not ceased. Time
deteriorates even the body itself, which is the medium for all sensual
satisfaction, but even when a man becomes old and invalid, his desires
