Canto 11, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 17 (SB 11.23.17)
SB 11.23.17 • मूल श्लोक

अर्थस्य साधने सिद्धे उत्कर्षे रक्षणे व्यये । नाशोपभोग आयासस्‍‍‍‍‍त्रासश्चिन्ता भ्रमो नृणाम् ॥ १७ ॥

Transliteration

arthasya sādhane siddhe utkarṣe rakṣaṇe vyaye nāśopabhoga āyāsas trāsaś cintā bhramo nṛṇām

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

arthaysa — of wealth; sādhane — in the earning; siddhe — in the attainment; utkarṣe — in the increasing; rakṣaṇe — in the protecting; vyaye — in the expending; nāśa — in the loss; upabhoge — and in the enjoyment; āyāsaḥ — labor; trāsaḥ — fear; cintā — anxiety; bhramaḥ — confusion; nṛṇām — for men.

Translation

“In the earning, attainment, increase, protection, expense, loss and enjoyment of wealth, all men experience great labor, fear, anxiety and delusion.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda