गृहेषु कूटधर्मेषु सक्तो ग्राम्यसुखेच्छया । कर्मतन्त्रं वितनुते वेदवादविपन्नधी: ॥ २२ ॥
grhesu kuta-dharmesu sakto gramya-sukhecchaya karma-tantram vitanute veda-vada-vipanna-dhih
- grhesu
- in householder life
- kuta-dharmesu
- of pretentious religiosity
- saktah
- being attracted
- gramya-sukha-icchaya
- by desire for material happiness
- karma-tantram
- fruitive activities
- vitanute
- he performs
- veda-vada
- by the explanations of the Vedas
- vipanna-dhih
- intelligence being lost.
Pretentiously religious householder life, in which one is attracted to material happiness and thus also attracted to the superficial explanation of the Vedas, robs one of all intelligence and attaches one to fruitive activities as all in all.