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ŚB 11.8.29

Devanagari

न ह्यङ्गाजातनिर्वेदो देहबन्धं जिहासति ।
यथा विज्ञानरहितो मनुजो ममतां नृप ॥ २९ ॥

Text

na hy aṅgājāta-nirvedo
deha-bandhaṁ jihāsati
yathā vijñāna-rahito
manujo mamatāṁ nṛpa

Synonyms

na — does not; hi — certainly; aṅga — O King; ajāta — who has not developed; nirvedaḥ — detachment; deha — of the material body; bandham — bondage; jihāsati — he desires to give up; yathā — just as; vijñāna — realized knowledge; rahitaḥ — bereft of; manujaḥ — a human being; mamatām — false sense of proprietorship; nṛpa — O King.

Translation

O King, just as a human being who is bereft of spiritual knowledge never desires to give up his false sense of proprietorship over many material things, similarly, a person who has not developed detachment never desires to give up the bondage of the material body.