ye tv ihāsakta-manasaḥ

ye tv ihāsakta-manasaḥ

karmasu śraddhayānvitāḥ

kurvanty apratiṣiddhāni

nityāny api ca kṛtsnaśaḥ

With minds attached to this world, with faith in prescribed duties, they perform kāmya-karmas and nitya-karmas to the fullest extent.

Because of their absence of bhakti, Brahmā and others return to the place where people perform sakāma-karma. This is criticized in six verses. They perform kāmyā (apratisiddhāni) as well as daily duties (nityāni). These (though recommended in scriptures) are criticized. What to speak then of performing sinful actions!

 

|| 3.32.17 ||

rajasā kuṇṭha-manasaḥ

kāmātmāno 'jitendriyāḥ

pitṝn yajanty anudinaṁ

gṛheṣv abhiratāśayāḥ

With minds fatigued by passion, full of desire, with uncontrolled senses, and minds absorbed in their household affairs, they daily worship the Pitṛs.

 

|| 3.32.18 ||

trai-vargikās te puruṣā

vimukhā hari-medhasaḥ

kathāyāṁ kathanīyoru-

vikramasya madhudviṣaḥ

 

These persons are interested in artha, dharma and kāma, and are averse to topics of the Supreme Lord who knows how to destroy saṁsāra, who is the killer of Madhu, and who is the most heroic lord worthy of praise.

Hari-medhasaḥ means “of he who knows (medhas) how to destroy (hari) saṁsāra.”

 

 

|| 3.32.19 ||

nūnaṁ daivena vihatā

ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām

hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthāḥ

purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ

 

Struck by fate, rejecting the nectar of topics of the Lord, they hear material topics, like pigs eating rubbish.

 

Topics about the Lord alone are sweet. Rejecting those, they hearing everything else—material subjects. Who would not enjoy nectar if they receive it? Pigs, rejecting milk and sweets, seek out only rubbish.

 

|| 3.32.20 ||

dakṣiṇena pathāryamṇaḥ