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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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वार्तायां लुप्यमानायामारब्धायां पुनः पुनः । लोभाभिभूतो निःसत्त्वः परार्थे कुरुते स्पृहाम् ॥११॥
vārtāyāṁ lupyamānāyām ārabdhāyāṁ punaḥ punaḥ lobhābhibhūto niḥsattvaḥ parārthe kurute spṛhām
WORD BY WORD
vārtāyām when his occupation; lupyamānāyām is hampered; ārabdhāyām undertaken; punaḥ punaḥ again and again; lobha by greed; abhibhūtaḥ overwhelmed; niḥsattvaḥ ruined; para-arthe for the wealth of others; kurute spṛhām he longs;
TRANSLATION
| When he suffers reverses in his occupation, he tries again and again to improve himself, but when he is baffled in all attempts and is ruined, he accepts money from others because of excessive greed.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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