SB 10.51.52
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 52
- karoti karmāṇi tapaḥ-suniṣṭhito
- nivṛtta-bhogas tad-apekṣayādadat
- punaś ca bhūyāsam ahaṁ sva-rāḍ iti
- pravṛddha-tarṣo na sukhāya kalpate
SYNONYMS
karoti — one performs; karmāṇi — duties; tapaḥ — in the practice of austerities; su-niṣṭhitaḥ — very fixed; nivṛtta — avoiding; bhogaḥ — sense enjoyment; tat — with that (position which he already has); apekṣayā — in comparison; adadat — assuming; punaḥ — further; ca — and; bhūyāsam — greater; aham — I; sva-rāṭ — sovereign ruler; iti — thus thinking; pravṛddha — rampant; tarṣaḥ — whose urges; na — not; sukhāya — happiness; kalpate — can attain.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
A king who desires even greater power than he already has strictly performs his duties, carefully practicing austerity and forgoing sense enjoyment. But he whose urges are so rampant, thinking "I am independent and supreme," cannot attain happiness.