SB 11.8.29 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

na hy aṅgājāta-nirvedo deha-bandhaṁ jihāsati yathā vijṣāna-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 ; vijṣāna — 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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. This verse describes the necessity of detachment.