यावदस्यास्वतन्त्रत्वं तावदीश्वरतो भयम् । य एतत् समुपासीरंस्ते मुह्यन्ति शुचार्पिता: ॥ ३३ ॥
yāvad asyāsvatantratvaṁ tāvad īśvarato bhayam ya etat samupāsīraṁs te muhyanti śucārpitāḥ
- yāvat
- as long as
- asya
- of the living being
- asvatantratvam
- there is no freedom from dependence on the modes of nature
- tāvat
- then there will be
- īśvarataḥ
- from the supreme controller
- bhayam
- fear
- ye
- those who
- etat
- to this material concept of life
- samupāsīran
- devote themselves
- te
- they
- muhyanti
- are bewildered
- śucā
- in lamentation
- arpitāḥ
- always absorbed
The conditioned soul who remains dependent on fruitive activities under the material modes of nature will continue to fear Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, since I impose the results of one’s fruitive activities. Those who accept the material concept of life, taking the variegatedness of the modes of nature to be factual, devote themselves to material enjoyment and are therefore always absorbed in lamentation and grief.