SB 11.8.29
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
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.