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for human life. For them, enjoying the world is
the aim of their life.'
The people have forgotten their duty and
responsibility to the humanity, aim of life and
God himself, and are running madly after
worldly pleasures, wealth and money. That is
why they are sad, perturbed and distressed.
There is no end to pleasures.
There are heaps of pleasurable things
scattered all over. The ordinary man is running
like a mad to acquire these and enjoy them.
It is a rat race. The wealth being collected
today is motivated by the desire to enjoy the
world. A good part of money is being spent
for treating the diseases born of those
enjoyments.
Gita cautions and warns that no one has
so far been satisfied with experiencing
pleasurable things. The more the enjoyment,