Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् ।
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥४४॥
bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ
tayāpahṛta-cetasām
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ
samādhau na vidhīyate
Word for word (synonyms)
- bhoga
- material enjoyment
- aiśvarya
- opulence
- prasaktānām
- those who are so attached
- tayā
- by such things
- apahṛta-cetasām
- bewildered in mind
- vyavasāyātmikā
- fixed determination
- buddhiḥ
- devotional service of the Lord
- samādhau
- in the controlled mind
- na
- never
- vidhīyate
- does take place
Translation
In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination of devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place.
Purport
Samādhi means "fixed mind." The Vedic dictionary, the Nirukti, says, samyag ādhīyate 'sminn ātmatattva-yāthātmyam: "When the mind is fixed for understanding the self, it is called samādhi." Samādhi is never possible for persons interested in material sense enjoyment, nor for those who are bewildered by such temporary things. They are more or less condemned by the process of material energy.
What this verse teaches
Vyasāyātmika intelligence and vedic karma-kāṇḍa
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.44–45 1966-03-25 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.40-45 1968-12-13 · Los Angeles
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