There are four kinds of material desires:
aihikesvaisana para-
trikesu caisana ‘subha
bhuti-vancha mumuksa ca
hy asat-trsnas catur-vidhah
The desire for material objects, for heavenly comforts, for mystical powers, and the desire for liberation are the four types of material desires.
The four types of offenses:
krishna-nama-svarupesu
tadiya-cit-kanesu ca
jneya budha-ganair nityam
aparadhas catur-vidhah
These are: offenses to the name, to the form of the Lord, to devotees and to living entities.
There are four weaknesses of heart:
tucchasaktih kutinati
mat saryam sva-pratisthata
hrd-daurbalyam budhaih sasvaj
jneyam kila catur-vidham
Intelligent people know the following four types of heart weakness: attachment to objects that are not related to Krishna, deceit, seeing the error in others, envy, and the desire for fame.
These anarthas give birth to four enemies – kama, krodha, lobha, moha, mada and matsarya – that is, lust, anger, greed, delusion, pride and envy. These anarthas generate six waves – soka, moha, ksut, pipasa, jara and mrtyu – meaning suffering, delusion, hunger, thirst, old age and death.
The plant of devotion cannot grow unless these anarthas are abandoned.
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