blind man led by another blind man
jaimin
durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah
andha yathandhair upaniyamanas
te 'pisa-tantryam uru-damni baddhah
SYNONYMS
na -- not; te -- they; viduh -- know; sva-artha-gatim -- the ultimate
goal of life, or their own real interest; hi -- indeed; visnum -- Lord
Visnu and His abode; durasayah -- being ambitious to enjoy this
material world; ye -- who; bahih -- external sense objects; artha-
maninah -- considering as valuable; andhah -- persons who are blind;
yatha -- just as; andhaih -- by other blind men; upaniyamanah -- being
led; te -- they; api -- although; isa-tantryam -- to the ropes (laws)
of material nature; uru -- having very strong; damni -- cords; baddhah
-- bound.
TRANSLATION
Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying
material life, and who have therefore accepted as their leader or guru
a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot
understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead,
and engage in the service of Lord Visnu. As blind men guided by
another blind man miss the right path and fall into a ditch,
materially attached men led by another materially attached man are
bound by the ropes of fruitive labor, which are made of very strong
cords, and they continue again and again in materialistic life,
suffering the threefold miseries.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 7.5.31