भगो म ऐश्वरो भावो लाभो मद्भक्तिरुत्तम: । विद्यात्मनि भिदाबाधो जुगुप्सा ह्रीरकर्मसु ॥ ४० ॥ श्रीर्गुणा नैरपेक्ष्याद्या: सुखं दु:खसुखात्यय: । दु:खं कामसुखापेक्षा पण्डितो बन्धमोक्षवित् ॥ ४१ ॥ मूर्खो देहाद्यहंबुद्धि: पन्था मन्निगम: स्मृत: । उत्पथश्चित्तविक्षेप: स्वर्ग: सत्त्वगुणोदय: ॥ ४२ ॥ नरकस्तमउन्नाहो बन्धुर्गुरुरहं सखे । गृहं शरीरं मानुष्यं गुणाढ्यो ह्याढ्य उच्यते ॥ ४३ ॥ दरिद्रो यस्त्वसन्तुष्ट: कृपणो योऽजितेन्द्रिय: । गुणेष्वसक्तधीरीशो गुणसङ्गो विपर्यय: ॥ ४४ ॥ एत उद्धव ते प्रश्ना: सर्वे साधु निरूपिता: । किं वर्णितेन बहुना लक्षणं गुणदोषयो: । गुणदोषदृशिर्दोषो गुणस्तूभयवर्जित: ॥ ४५ ॥
bhago ma aiśvaro bhāvo lābho mad-bhaktir uttamaḥ vidyātmani bhidā-bādho jugupsā hrīr akarmasu śrīr guṇā nairapekṣyādyāḥ sukhaṁ duḥkha-sukhātyayaḥ duḥkhaṁ kāma-sukhāpekṣā paṇḍito bandha-mokṣa-vit mūrkho dehādy-ahaṁ-buddhiḥ panthā man-nigamaḥ smṛtaḥ utpathaś citta-vikṣepaḥ svargaḥ sattva-guṇodayaḥ narakas tama-unnāho bandhur gurur ahaṁ sakhe gṛhaṁ śarīraṁ mānuṣyaṁ guṇāḍhyo hy āḍhya ucyate daridro yas tv asantuṣṭaḥ kṛpaṇo yo ’jitendriyaḥ guṇeṣv asakta-dhīr īśo guṇa-saṅgo viparyayaḥ eta uddhava te praśnāḥ sarve sādhu nirūpitāḥ kiṁ varṇitena bahunā lakṣaṇaṁ guṇa-doṣayoḥ guṇa-doṣa-dṛśir doṣo guṇas tūbhaya-varjitaḥ
- bhagaḥ
- opulence
- me
- My
- aiśvaraḥ
- divine
- bhāvaḥ
- nature
- lābhaḥ
- gain
- mat-bhaktiḥ
- devotional service unto Me
- uttamaḥ
- supreme
- vidyā
- education
- ātmani
- in the soul
- bhidā
- duality
- bādhaḥ
- nullifying
- jugupsā
- disgust
- hrīḥ
- modesty
- akarmasu
- in sinful activities
- śrīḥ
- beauty
- guṇāḥ
- good qualities
- nairapekṣya
- detachment from material things
- ādyāḥ
- and so on
- sukham
- happiness
- duḥkha
- material unhappiness
- sukha
- and material happiness
- atyayaḥ
- transcending
- duḥkham
- unhappiness
- kāma
- of lust
- sukha
- on the happiness
- apekṣā
- meditating
- paṇḍitaḥ
- a wise man
- bandha
- from bondage
- mokṣa
- liberation
- vit
- one who knows
- mūrkhaḥ
- a fool
- deha
- with the body
- ādi
- and so forth (the mind)
- aham-buddhiḥ
- one who identifies himself
- panthāḥ
- the true path
- mat
- to Me
- nigamaḥ
- leading
- smṛtaḥ
- is to be understood
- utpathaḥ
- the wrong path
- citta
- of consciousness
- vikṣepaḥ
- bewilderment
- svargaḥ
- heaven
- sattva-guṇa
- of the mode of goodness
- udayaḥ
- the predominance
- narakaḥ
- hell
- tamaḥ
- of the mode of ignorance
- unnāhaḥ
- the predominance
- bandhuḥ
- the real friend
- guruḥ
- the spiritual master
- aham
- I am
- sakhe
- My dear friend, Uddhava
- gṛham
- one’s home
- śarīram
- the body
- mānuṣyam
- human
- guṇa
- with good qualities
- āḍhyaḥ
- enriched
- hi
- indeed
- āḍhyaḥ
- a rich person
- ucyate
- is stated to be
- daridraḥ
- a poor person
- yaḥ
- one who
- tu
- indeed
- asantuṣṭaḥ
- unsatisfied
- kṛpaṇaḥ
- a wretched person
- yaḥ
- one who
- ajita
- has not conquered
- indriyaḥ
- the senses
- guṇeṣu
- in material sense gratification
- asakta
- not attached
- dhīḥ
- whose intelligence
- īśaḥ
- a controller
- guṇa
- to sense gratification
- saṅgaḥ
- attached
- viparyayaḥ
- the opposite, a slave
- ete
- these
- uddhava
- My dear Uddhava
- te
- your
- praśnāḥ
- subjects of inquiry
- sarve
- all
- sādhu
- properly
- nirūpitāḥ
- elucidated
- kim
- what is the value
- varṇitena
- of describing
- bahunā
- elaborately
- lakṣaṇam
- the characteristics
- guṇa
- of good qualities
- doṣayoḥ
- and of bad qualities
- guṇa-doṣa
- good and bad qualities
- dṛśiḥ
- seeing
- doṣaḥ
- a fault
- guṇaḥ
- the real good quality
- tu
- indeed
- ubhaya
- from both of them
- varjitaḥ
- distinct
Actual opulence is My own nature as the Personality of Godhead, through which I exhibit the six unlimited opulences. The supreme gain in life is devotional service to Me, and actual education is nullifying the false perception of duality within the soul. Real modesty is to be disgusted with improper activities, and beauty is to possess good qualities such as detachment. Real happiness is to transcend material happiness and unhappiness, and real misery is to be implicated in searching for sex pleasure. A wise man is one who knows the process of freedom from bondage, and a fool is one who identifies with his material body and mind. The real path in life is that which leads to Me, and the wrong path is sense gratification, by which consciousness is bewildered. Actual heaven is the predominance of the mode of goodness, whereas hell is the predominance of ignorance. I am everyone’s true friend, acting as the spiritual master of the entire universe, and one’s home is the human body. My dear friend Uddhava, one who is enriched with good qualities is actually said to be rich, and one who is unsatisfied in life is actually poor. A wretched person is one who cannot control his senses, whereas one who is not attached to sense gratification is a real controller. One who attaches himself to sense gratification is the opposite, a slave. Thus, Uddhava, I have elucidated all of the matters about which you inquired. There is no need for a more elaborate description of these good and bad qualities, since to constantly see good and bad is itself a bad quality. The best quality is to transcend material good and evil.