Shloka 14
Nārada Instructs Dakṣa’s Sons; Allegory of the World; Dakṣa Curses Nārada
नानारूपात्मनो बुद्धि: स्वैरिणीव गुणान्विता । तन्निष्ठामगतस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ १४ ॥
nānā-rūpātmano buddhiḥ svairiṇīva guṇānvitā tan-niṣṭhām agatasyeha kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
ਰਜੋਗੁਣ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲੀ ਚੰਚਲ ਬੁੱਧੀ ਇੱਕ ਸਵੈਰিণੀ ਵੈਸ਼ਿਆ ਵਾਂਗ ਗੁਣਾਂ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਨਾਨਾ ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਜੋ ਇਹ ਗੱਲ ਨਾ ਸਮਝ ਕੇ ਅਸਥਾਈ ਫਲ ਵਾਲੇ ਕਰਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਲੱਗਾ ਰਹੇ, ਉਹ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਹਾਸਲ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ?
A woman who has no husband declares herself independent, which means that she becomes a prostitute. A prostitute generally dresses herself in various fashions intended to attract a man’s attention to the lower part of her body. Today it has become a much advertised fashion for a woman to go almost naked, covering the lower part of her body only slightly, in order to draw the attention of a man to her private parts for sexual enjoyment. The intelligence engaged to attract a man to the lower part of the body is the intelligence of a professional prostitute. Similarly, the intelligence of a living entity who does not turn his attention toward Kṛṣṇa or the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement simply changes dresses like a prostitute. What is the benefit of such foolish intelligence? One should be intelligently conscious in such a way that he need no longer change from one body to another.
FAQs
This verse says intelligence that identifies with many changing forms becomes fickle and uncontrolled, moving under the modes of nature—therefore it cannot give lasting benefit without being fixed in devotion to the Lord.
Nārada instructed Dakṣa’s sons to turn from mere worldly duties and fruitive plans toward firm devotion, warning that without niṣṭhā in the Lord, material actions do not produce true auspiciousness.
Reduce identity-based distractions and mode-driven habits, and build steadiness through daily bhakti practices—hearing, chanting, and serving—so actions become purified and genuinely beneficial.