🪷 ŚB 7.13.16

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Sanskrit

बिभर्षि कायं पीवानं सोद्यमो भोगवान्यथा ॥ १६ ॥ वित्तं चैवोद्यमवतां भोगो वित्तवतामिह । भोगिनां खलु देहोऽयं पीवा भवति नान्यथा ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

bibharṣi kāyaṁ pīvānaṁ sodyamo bhogavān yathā
Synonyms
bibharṣi — you are maintaining; kāyam — a body; pīvānam — fat; sa-udyamaḥ — one who endeavors; bhogavān — one who enjoys; yathā — as; vittam — money; ca — also; eva — certainly; udyama-vatām — of persons always engaged in economic development; bhogaḥ — sense gratification; vitta-vatām — for persons who possess considerable wealth; iha — in this world; bhoginām — of the enjoyers, karmīs; khalu — indeed; dehaḥ — body; ayam — this; pīvā — very fat; bhavati — becomes; na — not; anyathā — otherwise.

Translation

Seeing the saintly person to be quite fat, Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear sir, you undergo no endeavor to earn your livelihood, but you have a stout body, exactly like that of a materialistic enjoyer. I know that if one is very rich and has nothing to do, he becomes extremely fat by eating and sleeping and performing no work.

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