क्वापि देवमायया स्त्रिया भुजलतोपगूढ: प्रस्कन्नविवेकविज्ञानो यद्विहारगृहारम्भाकुलहृदयस्तदाश्रयावसक्तसुतदुहितृकलत्रभाषितावलोकविचेष्टितापहृतहृदय आत्मानमजितात्मापारेऽन्धे तमसि प्रहिणोति ॥ २८ ॥
kvapi deva-mayaya striya bhuja-latopagudhah praskanna-viveka-vijnano yad-vihara-grharambhakula-hrdayas tad-asrayavasakta-suta-duhitr-kalatra-bhasitavaloka-vicestitapahrta-hrdaya atmanam ajitatmapare ’ndhe tamasi prahinoti.
- kvapi
- somewhere
- deva-mayaya
- by the influence of the illusory energy
- striya
- in the form of one’s girlfriend or wife
- bhuja-lata
- by beautiful arms, which are compared to tender creepers in the forest
- upagudhah
- being deeply embraced
- praskanna
- lost
- viveka
- all intelligence
- vijnanah
- scientific knowledge
- yat-vihara
- for the enjoyment of the wife
- grha-arambha
- to find a house or apartment
- akula-hrdayah
- whose heart becomes engrossed
- tat
- of that house
- asraya-avasakta
- who are under the shelter
- suta
- of sons
- duhitr
- of daughters
- kalatra
- of the wife
- bhasita-avaloka
- by the conversations and by their beautiful glances
- vicestita
- by activities
- apahrta-hrdayah
- whose consciousness is taken away
- atmanam
- himself
- ajita
- uncontrolled
- atma
- whose self
- apare
- in unlimited
- andhe
- blind darkness
- tamasi
- in hellish life
- prahinoti
- he hurls
Sometimes the conditioned soul is attracted by illusion personified (his wife or girl friend) and becomes eager to be embraced by a woman. Thus he loses his intelligence as well as knowledge of life’s goal. At that time, no longer attempting spiritual cultivation, he becomes overly attached to his wife or girl friend and tries to provide her with a suitable apartment. Again, he becomes very busy under the shelter of that home and is captivated by the talks, glances and activities of his wife and children. In this way he loses his Krsna consciousness and throws himself in the dense darkness of material existence.