🪷 ŚB 7.13.34

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Sanskrit

शोकमोहभयक्रोधरागक्लैब्यश्रमादय: ।
यन्मूला: स्युर्नृणां जह्यात्स्पृहां प्राणार्थयोर्बुध: ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

śoka-moha-bhaya-krodha-
rāga-klaibya-śramādayaḥ
yan-mūlāḥ syur nṛṇāṁ jahyāt
spṛhāṁ prāṇārthayor budhaḥ

Synonyms

śoka — lamentation; moha — illusion; bhaya — fear; krodha — anger; rāga — attachment; klaibya — poverty; śrama — unnecessary labor; ādayaḥ — and so on; yat-mūlāḥ — the original cause of all these; syuḥ — become; nṛṇām — of human beings; jahyāt — should give up; spṛhām — the desire; prāṇa — for bodily strength or prestige; arthayoḥ — and accumulating money; budhaḥ — an intelligent person.

Translation

Those in human society who are intelligent should give up the original cause of lamentation, illusion, fear, anger, attachment, poverty and unnecessary labor. The original cause of all of these is the desire for unnecessary prestige and money.

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