कान्दिग्भूततया चेतो घनगर्द्धान्धमाकुलम् । परं मोहमुपादत्ते यूथभ्रष्टमृगो यथा ॥ ३३ ॥
kāndigbhūtatayā cētō ghanagarddhāndhamākulam | paraṁ mōhamupādattē yūthabhraṣṭamṛgō yathā || 33 ||
Translation
The mind, not knowing which way to turn, blinded by fierce greed, distraught, falls into the greatest delusion, like a deer separated from its herd.
Word by word
- kāndigbhūtatayā
- not knowing which way to turn
- cētō
- (cetaḥ) the mind
- ghana
- by fierce
- garddha
- greed
- andham
- blinded
- ākulam
- distraught
- paraṁ
- the greatest
- mōham
- delusion
- upādattē
- falls into
- yūtha
- from its herd
- bhraṣṭa
- separated
- mṛgō
- (mṛgaḥ) a deer
- yathā
- like
Meaning
Kāndigbhūta: "which direction?", not knowing where to go. The care for a household, the commentary says, brings the thought "where shall I find money?" and the mind is blinded with greed and lost, like a deer that has lost its herd. The verse follows desire into its consequence: the anxious householder's mind. The reader may see in it the chain from love to responsibility to anxiety.