श्रीनारद उवाच न ह्यन्यो जुषतो जोष्यान्बुद्धिभ्रंशो रजोगुण: । श्रीमदादाभिजात्यादिर्यत्र स्त्री द्यूतमासव: ॥ ८ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca na hy anyo juṣato joṣyān buddhi-bhraṁśo rajo-guṇaḥ śrī-madād ābhijātyādir yatra strī dyūtam āsavaḥ
- śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
- Nārada Muni said
- na
- there is not
- hi
- indeed
- anyaḥ
- another material enjoyment
- juṣataḥ
- of one who is enjoying
- joṣyān
- things very attractive in the material world (different varieties of eating, sleeping, mating and defense)
- buddhi-bhraṁśaḥ
- such enjoyments attract the intelligence
- rajaḥ-guṇaḥ
- being controlled by the mode of passion
- śrī-madāt
- than riches
- ābhijātya-ādiḥ
- among the four material principles (attractive personal bodily features, birth in an aristocratic family, being very learned, and being very rich)
- yatra
- wherein
- strī
- women
- dyūtam
- gambling
- āsavaḥ
- wine (wine, women and gambling are very prominent)
Nārada Muni said: Among all the attractions of material enjoyment, the attraction of riches bewilders one’s intelligence more than having beautiful bodily features, taking birth in an aristocratic family, and being learned. When one is uneducated but falsely puffed up by wealth, the result is that one engages his wealth in enjoying wine, women and gambling.