हरिर्हि साक्षाद्भगवान् शरीरिणा- मात्मा झषाणामिव तोयमीप्सितम् । हित्वा महांस्तं यदि सज्जते गृहे तदा महत्त्वं वयसा दम्पतीनाम् ॥ १३ ॥
harir hi saksad bhagavan saririnam atma jhasanam iva toyam ipsitam hitva mahams tam yadi sajjate grhe tada mahattvam vayasa dampatinam
- harih
- the Lord
- hi
- certainly
- saksat
- directly
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- saririnam
- of all living entities who have accepted material bodies
- atma
- the life and soul
- jhasanam
- of the aquatics
- iva
- like
- toyam
- the vast water
- ipsitam
- is desired
- hitva
- giving up
- mahan
- a great personality
- tam
- Him
- yadi
- if
- sajjate
- becomes attached
- grhe
- to household life
- tada
- at that time
- mahattvam
- greatness
- vayasa
- by age
- dam-patinam
- of the husband and wife
Just as aquatics always desire to remain in the vast mass of water, all conditioned living entities naturally desire to remain in the vast existence of the Supreme Lord. Therefore if someone very great by material calculations fails to take shelter of the Supreme Soul but instead becomes attached to material household life, his greatness is like that of a young, low-class couple. One who is too attached to material life loses all good spiritual qualities.