यथैहिकामुष्मिककामलम्पट: सुतेषु दारेषु धनेषु चिन्तयन् । शङ्केत विद्वान् कुकलेवरात्ययाद् यस्तस्य यत्न: श्रम एव केवलम् ॥ १४ ॥
yathaihikamusmika-kama-lampatah sutesu daresu dhanesu cintayan sanketa vidvan kukalevaratyayad yas tasya yatnah srama eva kevalam
- yatha
- as
- aihika
- in the present life
- amusmika
- in the expected future life
- kama-lampatah
- a person who is very attached to lusty desires for bodily enjoyment
- sutesu
- children
- daresu
- wife
- dhanesu
- wealth
- cintayan
- thinking about
- sanketa
- is afraid
- vidvan
- a person advanced in spiritual knowledge
- ku-kalevara
- of this body, which is full of stool and urine
- atyayat
- because of loss
- yah
- anyone
- tasya
- his
- yatnah
- endeavors
- sramah
- a waste of time and energy
- eva
- certainly
- kevalam
- only
Materialists are generally very attached to their present bodily comforts and to the bodily comforts they expect in the future. Therefore they are always absorbed in thoughts of their wives, children and wealth and are afraid of giving up their bodies, which are full of stool and urine. If a person engaged in Krsna consciousness, however, is also afraid of giving up his body, what is the use of his having labored to study the sastras? It was simply a waste of time.