Chapter 18

Verse 10 (SB 11.18.10)

SB 11.18.9

SB 11.18.11

SB 11.18.10 • मूल श्लोक

यस्त्वेतत् कृच्छ्रतश्चीर्णं तपो नि:श्रेयसं महत् । कामायाल्पीयसे युञ्ज्याद् बालिश: कोऽपरस्तत: ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

yas tv etat kṛcchrataś cīrṇaṁ tapo niḥśreyasaṁ mahat kāmāyālpīyase yuñjyād bāliśaḥ ko ’paras tataḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

yaḥ — one who; tu — indeed; etat — this; kṛcchrataḥ — with great penance; cīrṇam — for a long time; tapaḥ — austerity; niḥśreyasam — awarding ultimate liberation; mahat — glorious; kāmāya — for sense gratification; alpīyase — insignificant; yuñjyāt — practices; bāliśaḥ — such a fool; kaḥ — who; aparaḥ — else; tataḥ — besides him.

Translation

“One who with long endeavor executes this painful but exalted penance, which awards ultimate liberation, simply to achieve insignificant sense gratification must be considered the greatest fool.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

Although the process of vānaprastha described by Lord Kṛṣṇa is so glorious that even the consolation prize is promotion to Maharloka, one who consciously performs this process for such promotion to heaven is certainly the greatest fool. The Lord does not want this process to be abused or exploited by materialistic rascals, for the ultimate goal is love of Godhead.