यथा त्रिवर्गं गुरुभिरात्मने उपशिक्षितम् । न साधु मेने तच्छिक्षां द्वन्द्वारामोपवर्णिताम् ॥ ५३ ॥
yatha tri-vargam gurubhir atmane upasiksitam na sadhu mene tac-chiksam dvandvaramopavarnitam
- yatha
- as
- tri-vargam
- the three processes (religion, economic development and sense gratification)
- gurubhih
- by the teachers
- atmane
- unto himself (Prahlada Maharaja)
- upasiksitam
- instructed
- na
- not
- sadhu
- really good
- mene
- he considered
- tat-siksam
- the education in that
- dvandva-arama
- by persons taking pleasure in duality (in material enmity and friendship)
- upavarnitam
- which is prescribed.
The teachers Sanda and Amarka instructed Prahlada Maharaja in the three kinds of material advancement called religion, economic development and sense gratification. Prahlada, however, being situated above such instructions, did not like them, for such instructions are based on the duality of worldly affairs, which involve one in a materialistic way of life marked by birth, death, old age and disease.