Srimad Bhagavatam

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गुणानुरक्तं व्यसनाय जन्तोः क्षेमाय नैर्गुण्यमथो मनः स्यात् । यथा प्रदीपो घृतवर्तिमश्नन् शिखाः सधूमा भजति ह्यन्यदा स्वम् । पदं तथा गुणकर्मानुबद्धं वृत्तीर्मनः श्रयतेऽन्यत्र तत्त्वम् ।। ५-११-८ ।।

sanskrit

When the living entity’s mind becomes absorbed in the sense gratification of the material world, it brings about his conditioned life and suffering within the material situation. However, when the mind becomes unattached to material enjoyment, it becomes the cause of liberation. When the flame in a lamp burns the wick improperly, the lamp is blackened, but when the lamp is filled with ghee and is burning properly, there is bright illumination. Similarly, when the mind is absorbed in material sense gratification, it causes suffering, and when detached from material sense gratification it brings about the original brightness of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. ।। 5-11-8 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

guNAnuraktaM vyasanAya jantoH kSemAya nairguNyamatho manaH syAt | yathA pradIpo ghRtavartimaznan zikhAH sadhUmA bhajati hyanyadA svam | padaM tathA guNakarmAnubaddhaM vRttIrmanaH zrayate'nyatra tattvam || 5-11-8 ||

hk transliteration