Read a Lecture by Srila Prabhupada on Verses 40-45
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bhogaiçvarya-prasaktänäà
tayäpahåta-cetasäm
vyavasäyätmikä buddhiù
samädhau na vidhéyate
SYNONYMS
bhoga-to material enjoyment; aiçvarya-and opulence; prasaktänäm-for those who are attached; tayä-by such things; apahåta-cetasäm-bewildered in mind; vyavasäya-ätmikä-fixed in determination; buddhiù-devotional service to the Lord; samädhau-in the controlled mind; na-never; vidhéyate-does take place.
TRANSLATION
In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place.
PURPORT
Samädhi means "fixed mind." The Vedic dictionary, the Nirukti, says, samyag ädhéyate 'sminn ätma-tattva-yäthätmyam: "When the mind is fixed for understanding the self, it is said to be in samädhi. " Samädhi is never possible for persons interested in material sense enjoyment, nor for those who are bewildered by such temporary things. They are more or less condemned by the process of material energy.
