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ब्राह्मण उवाच
दुरत्यये ऽध्वन्यजया निवेशितो रजस्तमःसत्त्वविभक्तकर्मदृक् ।
स एष सार्थो ऽर्थपरः परिभ्रमन् भवाटवीं याति न शर्म विन्दति ॥ १ ॥
 
brahmana uvaca
duratyaye 'dhvany ajaya nivesito
rajas-tamah-sattva-vibhakta-karmadrk
sa esa sartho 'rtha-parah paribhraman
bhavatavim yati na sarma vindati
brahmanah uvaca-the brahmana Jada Bharata continued to speak; duratyaye-which is very difficult to traverse; adhvani-on the path of fruitive activities (performing actions in this life, creating a body in the next life by those actions, and in this way continuously accepting birth and death); ajaya-by maya, the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nivesitah-caused to enter; rajah-tamah-sattva-vibhakta-karma-drk-a conditioned soul who sees only immediately beneficial fruitive activities and their results, which are divided into three groups by the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance; sah-he; esah-this; sa-arthah-the living entity falsely seeking sense gratification; artha-parah-intent upon gaining wealth; paribhraman-wandering all over; bhava-atavim-the forest known as bhava, which means the repetition of birth and death; yati-enters; na-not; sarma-happiness; vindati-obtains.