Canto 11, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 14 (SB 11.23.14)
SB 11.23.14 • मूल श्लोक

स चाहेदमहो कष्टं वृथात्मा मेऽनुतापित: । न धर्माय न कामाय यस्यार्थायास ईद‍ृश: ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

sa cāhedam aho kaṣṭaṁ vṛthātmā me ’nutāpitaḥ na dharmāya na kāmāya yasyārthāyāsa īdṛśaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

saḥ — he; ca — and; āha — spoke; idam — this; aho — alas; kaṣṭam — the painful misfortune; vṛthā — vainly; ātmā — the self; me — my; anutāpitaḥ — distressed; na — not; dharmāya — for religiosity; na — nor; kāmāya — for sense gratification; yasya — whose; artha — for wealth; āyāsaḥ — labor; īdṛśaḥ — such as this.

Translation

“The brāhmaṇa spoke as follows: O what great misfortune! I have simply tormented myself uselessly, struggling so hard for money that was not even intended for religiosity or material enjoyment.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda