nocet pramattam asad-indriya-vāji-sūtā
nocet pramattam asad-indriya-vāji-sūtā
nītvotpathaṁ viṣaya-dasyuṣu nikṣipanti
te dasyavaḥ sahaya-sūtam amuṁ tamo ’ndhe
saṁsāra-kūpa uru-mṛtyu-bhaye kṣipanti
If a person does not have the strength of the Lord, the horses of the material senses and the driver lead the chariot and inattentive passenger, the jīva, on the wrong road, and throw them to the plunderers--attraction and repulsion. The sense objects, plunderers, throw the jīva in the dark hole of saṁsāra, with great fear of death, along with the horses and driver.
In the absence of the strength of the Lord, one cannot achieve the goal. Rather, one falls. If the passenger of the chariot has no strength, if the jīva has no bhakti, then the senses and intelligence take control. Though not having strength of the Lord or bhakti, the jīva boards the chariot in order to take aim, but is inattentive (pramattam). This means that without bhakti, he desires only liberation. The plunderers are attraction, hatred and other qualities.
|| 7.15.47 ||
pravṛttaṁ ca nivṛttaṁ ca
dvi-vidhaṁ karma vaidikam
āvartate pravṛttena
nivṛttenāśnute ’mṛtam
There are two types of karma, pravṛrti and nivṛtti. By the path of pravṛtti one remains a householder. By the path of nivṛtti one becomes a sannyāsī.
“Enjoyment in the word is prescribed in the scriptures. It is not forbidden.” That is true. According to qualification and differing results, one should see the arrangements made. This is explained in ten verses. By the path of pravṛtti one remains a householder. By the path of nivṛtti one becomes a sannyāsī.
|| 7.15.48-49 ||
hiṁsraṁ dravyamayaṁ kāmyam
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