मोहयन्ति मनोवृत्तिं खण्डयन्ति गुणावलिम् । दुःखजालं प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रलम्भपराः श्रियः ॥ २५ ॥
mōhayanti manōvṛttiṁ khaṇḍayanti guṇāvalim | duḥkhajālaṁ prayacchanti vipralambhaparāḥ śriyaḥ || 25 ||
Translation
Riches bewilder the mind, break up the row of virtues and give a net of sorrows, intent only on deceiving.
Word by word
- mōhayanti
- bewilder
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- vṛttiṁ
- workings
- khaṇḍayanti
- break up
- guṇa
- of virtues
- āvalim
- the row
- duḥkha
- of sorrows
- jālaṁ
- a net
- prayacchanti
- give
- vipralambha
- on deceiving
- parāḥ
- intent
- śriyaḥ
- riches
Meaning
This is the theme of the next sarga, announced here: Lakṣmī, wealth and fortune, is a deceiver (vipralambha). Wealth does not only fail to satisfy; it actively corrupts the virtues it touches.