SB 11.8.29
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
na hy aṅgājāta-nirvedo
deha-bandhaṁ jihāsati
yathā vijñāna-rahito
manujo mamatāṁ nṛpa
SYNONYMS
na—does not; hi—certainly; aṅga—O King; ajāta—who has not developed; nirvedaḥ—detachment; deha—of the material body; bandham—bondage; jihāsati—he desires to give up; yathā—just as; vijñāna—realized knowledge; rahitaḥ—bereft of; manujaḥ—a human being; mamatām—false sense of proprietorship; nṛpa—O King.
TRANSLATION
O King, just as a human being who is bereft of spiritual knowledge never desires to give up his false sense of proprietorship over many material things, similarly, a person who has not developed detachment never desires to give up the bondage of the material body.