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ŚB 10.73.10

Devanagari

राज्यैश्वर्यमदोन्नद्धो न श्रेयो विन्दते नृप: ।
त्वन्मायामोहितोऽनित्या मन्यते सम्पदोऽचला: ॥ १० ॥

Text

rājyaiśvarya-madonnaddho
na śreyo vindate nṛpaḥ
tvan-māyā-mohito ’nityā
manyate sampado ’calāḥ

Synonyms

rājya — with sovereignty; aiśvarya — and opulence; mada — by the intoxication; unnaddhaḥ — becoming unrestrained; na — does not; śreyaḥ — real benefit; vindate — obtain; nṛpaḥ — a king; tvat — Your; māyā — by the potency of illusion; mohitaḥ — deluded; anityāḥ — temporary; manyate — he thinks; sampadaḥ — assets; acalāḥ — permanent.

Translation

Infatuated with his opulence and ruling power, a king loses all self-restraint and cannot obtain his true welfare. Thus bewildered by Your illusory energy, he imagines his temporary assets to be permanent.

Purport

The word unnaddha indicates that one who is intoxicated by false pride goes beyond the boundaries of proper behavior. Human life is meant to be governed by dharma, spiritual principles for gradual advancement to the perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Blinded by wealth and power, however, a foolish person does not hesitate to act whimsically, against the laws of nature and God. Unfortunately, this is now the situation in the prosperous Western countries.