Shloka 7
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
तब रतिकी उपासनामें लगे हुए सभी लोग भोगीको ही कृतार्थ मानकर रतिके द्वारा जो विषय-सुख प्राप्त होता है, उससे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई लाभ नहीं समझते हैं ।।
tato lobhābhibhūtātmā saṅgād vardhayate janam | puṣṭyarthaṃ caiva tasyeha janasya arthaṃ cikīrṣati ||
ତେବେ ଲୋଭରେ ଆବୃତ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଆସକ୍ତିବଶେ ନିଜ ଆଶ୍ରିତ ଓ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀମାନଙ୍କ ପରିଧି ବଢ଼ାଇବାକୁ ଚାହେ। ପରେ ସେହି ଗୃହସ୍ଥଙ୍କ ପାଳନ-ପୋଷଣ ପାଇଁ ଧନ ଉପାର୍ଜନ ଓ ସଞ୍ଚୟ କରିବାର ଆକାଂକ୍ଷା ତାହାର ମନରେ ଜାଗେ; ରତିଜନ୍ୟ ବିଷୟସୁଖକୁ ହିଁ ସେ ପରମ କୃତାର୍ଥତା ମାନି, ତାହାଠାରୁ ବଡ଼ ହିତ ନାହିଁ ବୋଲି ଭାବେ।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sensual pleasure breeds greed; greed then drives expansion of dependents and the compulsion to accumulate wealth for their maintenance—illustrating a self-reinforcing cycle that binds one to worldly striving rather than higher aims.
Parāśara describes a psychological progression: people who treat erotic enjoyment as the supreme good become dominated by greed; from attachment they enlarge their household, and then feel compelled to seek wealth to support and sustain that growing family circle.