नानारूपात्मनो बुद्धि: स्वैरिणीव गुणान्विता । तन्निष्ठामगतस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ १४ ॥
nana-rupatmano buddhih svairiniva gunanvita tan-nistham agatasyeha kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
- nana
- various
- rupa
- who has forms or dresses
- atmanah
- of the living entity
- buddhih
- the intelligence
- svairini
- a prostitute who freely decorates herself with different types of cloths and ornaments
- iva
- like
- guna-anvita
- endowed with the mode of passion, and so on
- tat-nistham
- the cessation of that
- agatasya
- of one who has not obtained
- iha
- in this material world
- kim asat-karmabhih bhavet
- what is the use of performing temporary fruitive activities
(Narada Muni had described a woman who is a professional prostitute. The Haryasvas understood the identity of this woman.) Mixed with the mode of passion, the unsteady intelligence of every living entity is like a prostitute who changes dresses just to attract one’s attention. If one fully engages in temporary fruitive activities, not understanding how this is taking place, what does he actually gain?