na -- does not; hi -- certainly; anga -- O King; ajata -- who has not developed; nirvedah -- detachment; deha -- of the material body; bandham -- bondage; jihasati -- he desires to give up; yatha -- just as; vijnana -- realized knowledge; rahitah -- bereft of; manujah -- a human being; mamatam -- false sense of proprietorship; nripa -- 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.