एवं कर्मसु संसक्त: कामात्मा वञ्चितोऽबुध: । महिषी यद्यदीहेत तत्तदेवान्ववर्तत ॥ ५६ ॥
evam karmasu samsaktah kamatma vancito ’budhah mahisi yad yad iheta tat tad evanvavartata
- evam
- thus
- karmasu
- in fruitive activities
- samsaktah
- being too much attached
- kama-atma
- lusty
- vancitah
- cheated
- abudhah
- less intelligent
- mahisi
- the Queen
- yat yat
- whatsoever
- iheta
- she would desire
- tat tat
- all of that
- eva
- certainly
- anvavartata
- he followed.
Being thus entangled in different types of mental concoction and engaged in fruitive activities, King Puranjana came completely under the control of material intelligence and was thus cheated. Indeed, he used to fulfill all the desires of his wife, the Queen.