SB 11.13.11
Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 13: The Haḿsa-avatāra Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahmā
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
karoti kāma-vaśa-gaḥ
karmāṇy avijitendriyaḥ
duḥkhodarkāṇi sampaśyan
rajo-vega-vimohitaḥ
SYNONYMS
karoti—performs; kāma—of material desires; vaśa—under the control; gaḥ—having gone; karmāṇi—fruitive activities; avijita—uncontrolled; indriyaḥ-whose senses; duḥkha—unhappiness; udarkāṇi—bringing as a future result; sampaśyan—seeing clearly; rajaḥ—of the mode of passion; vega—by the force; vimohitaḥ—bewildered.
TRANSLATION
One who does not control the material senses comes under the control of material desires and is thus bewildered by the strong waves of the mode of passion. Such a person executes material activities, although clearly seeing that the result will be future unhappiness.