na - does not; hi - certainly; aṅga - O King; ajāta - who has not developed; nirvedaḥ - detachment; deha - of the material body; bandham - bondage; jihāsati - he desires to give up; yathā - just as; vijñāna - realized knowledge; rahitaḥ - bereft of; manujaḥ - a human being; mamatām - false sense of proprietorship; nṛpa - O King.

O King, just as a human being who is bereft of spiritual knowledge never desires to give up his false sense of proprietorship over many material things, similarly, a person who has not developed detachment never desires to give up the bondage of the material body.