TEXT 8
sri-narada uvaca
na hy anyo jusato josyan
buddhi-bhramso rajo-gunah
sri-madad abhijatyadir
yatra stri dyutam asavah
SYNONYMS
sri-naradah uvacaNarada Muni said; nathere is not; hiindeed; anyahanother material enjoyment; jusatahof one who is enjoying; josyanthings very attractive in the material world (different varieties of eating, sleeping, mating and defense); buddhi-bhramsahsuch enjoyments attract the intelligence; rajah-gunahbeing controlled by the mode of passion; sri-madatthan riches; abhijatya-adihamong the four material principles (attractive personal bodily features, birth in an aristocratic family, being very learned, and being very rich); yatrawherein; striwomen; dyutamgambling; asavahwine (wine, women and gambling are very prominent).
TRANSLATION
Narada Muni said: Among all the attractions of material enjoyment, the attraction of riches bewilders ones intelligence more than having beautiful bodily features, taking birth in an aristocratic family, and being learned. When one is uneducated but falsely puffed up by wealth, the result is that one engages his wealth in enjoying wine, women and gambling.
PURPORT
Among the three modes of material naturegoodness, passion and ignorancepeople are certainly conducted by the lower qualities, namely passion and ignorance, and especially by passion. Conducted by the mode of passion, one becomes more and more involved in material existence. Therefore human life is meant for subduing the modes of passion and ignorance and advancing in the mode of goodness.
(Bhag. 1.2.19)
This is culture: one must subdue the modes of passion and ignorance. In the mode of passion, when one is falsely proud of wealth, one engages his wealth only for three things, namely wine, women and gambling. We can actually see, especially in this age, that those who have unnecessary riches simply try to enjoy these three things. In Western civilization, these three things are very prominent because of an unnecessary increase of wealth. Narada Muni considered all this in the case of Manigriva and Nalakuvara because he found in them so much pride in the wealth of their father, Kuvera.

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