विषयेषु गुणाध्यासात् पुंस: सङ्गस्ततो भवेत् । सङ्गात्तत्र भवेत् काम: कामादेव कलिर्नृणाम् ॥ १९ ॥
viṣayeṣu guṇādhyāsāt puṁsaḥ saṅgas tato bhavet saṅgāt tatra bhavet kāmaḥ kāmād eva kalir nṛṇām
- viṣayeṣu
- in material objects of sense gratification
- guṇa-adhyāsāt
- because of presuming them to be good
- puṁsaḥ
- of a person
- saṅgaḥ
- attachment
- tataḥ
- from that presumption
- bhavet
- comes into being
- saṅgāt
- from that material association
- tatra
- thus
- bhavet
- arises
- kāmaḥ
- lust
- kāmāt
- from lust
- eva
- also
- kaliḥ
- quarrel
- nṛṇām
- among men
One who accepts material sense objects as desirable certainly becomes attached to them. From such attachment lust arises, and this lust creates quarrel among men.