ममेति सर्वे भुवि बद्धवैराः ।
मृधे शयीरन्न तु तद्व्रजन्ति
यन्न्यस्तदण्डो गतवैरोऽभियाति ॥१५॥
manasvino nirjita-dig-gajendrÄ
mameti sarve bhuvi baddha-vairÄḥ
mṛdhe śayīran na tu tad vrajanti
yan nyasta-daṇá¸o gata-vairo 'bhiyÄti
manasvinaḥ - very great heroes (mental speculators); nirjita-dik-gajendrÄḥ - who have conquered many other heroes as powerful as elephants; mama - my (my land, my country, my family, my community, my religion); iti - thus; sarve - all (great political, social and religious leaders); bhuvi - in this world; baddha-vairÄḥ - who have created enmity among themselves; má¹›dhe - in battle; Å›ayÄ«ran - fall dead on the ground; na - not; tu - but; tat - the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vrajanti - approach; yat - which; nyasta-daṇá¸aḥ - a sannyÄsÄ«; gata-vairaḥ - who has no enmity throughout the whole world; abhiyÄti - attains that perfection.
There were and are many political and social heroes who have conquered enemies of equal power, yet due to their ignorance in believing that the land is theirs, they fight one another and lay down their lives in battle. They are not able to take up the spiritual path accepted by those in the renounced order. Although they are big heroes and political leaders, they cannot take to the path of spiritual realization.
Big political leaders might be able to conquer equally powerful political enemies, but unfortunately they cannot subdue their strong senses, the enemies that always accompany them. Not being able to conquer these nearby enemies, they simply try to conquer other enemies, and ultimately they die in the struggle for existence. They do not take to the path of spiritual realization or become sannyÄsÄ«s. Sometimes these big leaders take up the guise of a sannyÄsÄ« and call themselves mahÄtmÄs, but their only business is conquering their political enemies. Because they spoil their lives with the illusion of “this is my land and my family,†they cannot progress spiritually and attain liberation from the clutches of mÄyÄ.
