तत्सङ्गभ्रंशितैश्वर्यं संसरन्तं कुभार्यवत् । तद्गतीरबुधस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ १५ ॥
tat-sanga-bhramsitaisvaryam samsarantam kubharyavat tad-gatir abudhasyeha kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
- tat-sanga
- by association with the prostitute of intelligence
- bhramsita
- taken away
- aisvaryam
- the opulence of independence
- samsarantam
- undergoing the material way of life
- ku-bharya-vat
- exactly like a person who has a polluted wife
- tat-gatih
- the movements of the polluted intelligence
- abudhasya
- of one who does not know
- iha
- in this world
- kim asat-karmabhih bhavet
- what can be the benefit of performing temporary fruitive activities
(Narada Muni had also spoken of a man who is the husband of the prostitute. The Haryasvas understood this as follows.) If one becomes the husband of a prostitute, he loses all independence. Similarly, if a living entity has polluted intelligence, he prolongs his materialistic life. Frustrated by material nature, he must follow the movements of the intelligence, which brings various conditions of happiness and distress. If one performs fruitive activities under such conditions, what will be the benefit?