Word meanings
- bhoga
- gratification
- aiśwarya
- luxury
- prasaktānām
- whose minds are deeply attached
- tayā
- by that
- apahṛta-cetasām
- bewildered in intellect
- vyavasāya-ātmikā
- resolute
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- samādhau
- fulfilment
- na
- never
- vidhīyate
- occurs
Translations
For those who are attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are drawn away by such teachings, their determinate reason is not formed which is steadily bent on meditation and Samadhi (superconscious state).
While their minds are absorbed with thoughts of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot focus their discrimination on one point.
One-pointed conviction does not become established in the minds of those who delight in enjoyment and affluence, and whose intellects are carried away by it.
उस पुष्पित वाणीसे जिसका अन्तःकरण हर लिया गया है अर्थात् भोगोंकी तरफ खिंच गया है और जो भोग तथा ऐश्वर्यमें अत्यन्त आसक्त हैं, उन मनुष्योंकी परमात्मामें निश्चयात्मिका बुद्धि नहीं होती।Commentary
Those who cling to pleasure and power cannot have steadiness of mind. They cannot concentrate or meditate. They are ever busy in planning projects for the acisition of wealth and power. Their minds are ever restless. They have no poised understanding.