नात: परतरो लोके पुंस: स्वार्थव्यतिक्रम: । यदध्यन्यस्य प्रेयस्त्वमात्मन: स्वव्यतिक्रमात् ॥ ३२ ॥
natah parataro loke pumsah svartha-vyatikramah yad-adhy anyasya preyastvam atmanah sva-vyatikramat
- na
- not
- atah
- after this
- paratarah
- greater
- loke
- in this world
- pumsah
- of the living entities
- sva-artha
- interest
- vyatikramah
- obstruction
- yat-adhi
- beyond that
- anyasya
- of others
- preyastvam
- to be more interesting
- atmanah
- for the self
- sva
- own
- vyatikramat
- by obstruction.
There is no stronger obstruction to one’s self-interest than thinking other subject matters to be more pleasing than one’s self-realization.