ká¹£ipto 'vamÄnito 'sadbhiḥ
pralabdho 'sÅ«yito 'tha vÄ
tÄá¸itaḥ sanniruddho vÄ
vá¹›ttyÄ vÄ parihÄpitaḥ
niá¹£á¹hyuto mÅ«trito vÄjñair
bahudhaivaṠprakampitaḥ
Å›reyas-kÄmaḥ ká¹›cchra-gata
ÄtmanÄtmÄnam uddharet
ká¹£iptaḥ - insulted; avamÄnitaḥ - neglected; asadbhiḥ - by bad men; pralabdhaḥ - ridiculed; asÅ«yitaḥ - envied; atha vÄ - or else; tÄá¸itaḥ - chastised; sanniruddhaḥ - tied up; vÄ - or; vá¹›ttyÄ - of his means of livelihood; vÄ - or; parihÄpitaḥ - deprived; niá¹£á¹hyutaḥ - spat upon; mÅ«tritaḥ - polluted with urine; vÄ - or; ajñaiḥ - by foolish men; bahudhÄ - repeatedly; evam - thus; prakampitaḥ - agitated; Å›reyaḥ-kÄmaḥ - one who desires the highest goal in life; ká¹›cchra-gataḥ - experiencing difficulty; ÄtmanÄ - by his intelligence; ÄtmÄnam - himself; uddharet - should save.
Even though neglected, insulted, ridiculed or envied by bad men, or even though repeatedly agitated by being beaten, tied up or deprived of one’s occupation, spat upon or polluted with urine by ignorant people, one who desires the highest goal in life should in spite of all these difficulties use his intelligence to keep himself safe on the spiritual platform.
Throughout history many of the above-mentioned inconveniences have been experienced by devotees of the Lord. One who is advanced in God consciousness does not allow himself to become obsessed with the material body even in such conditions, but rather keeps the mind fixed on the spiritual platform through proper intelligence.
