कामो मन्युर्मदो लोभ: शोकमोहभयादय: । कर्मबन्धश्च यन्मूल: स्वीकुर्यात्को नु तद् बुध: ॥ ५ ॥
kamo manyur mado lobhah soka-moha-bhayadayah karma-bandhas ca yan-mulah svikuryat ko nu tad budhah
- kamah
- lust
- manyuh
- anger
- madah
- pride
- lobhah
- greed
- soka
- lamentation
- moha
- illusion
- bhaya
- fear
- adayah
- all these together
- karma-bandhah
- bondage to fruitive activities
- ca
- and
- yat-mulah
- the origin of which
- svikuryat
- would accept
- kah
- who
- nu
- indeed
- tat
- that mind
- budhah
- if one is learned.
The mind is the root cause of lust, anger, pride, greed, lamentation, illusion and fear. Combined, these constitute bondage to fruitive activity. What learned man would put faith in the mind?