न ह्यङ्गाजातनिर्वेदो देहबन्धं जिहासति । यथा विज्ञानरहितो मनुजो ममतां नृप ॥ २९ ॥
na hy aṅgājāta-nirvedo deha-bandhaṁ jihāsati yathā vijñāna-rahito manujo mamatāṁ nṛpa
- 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
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.