Verse 1.16.7

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.7:

অতি পরমার্থ-শুন্য সকল সংসার তুচ্ছ-রস বিষযে সে আদর সবার ॥ ৭ ॥

अति परमार्थ-शुन्य सकल संसार तुच्छ-रस विषये से आदर सबार ॥ ७ ॥

ati paramārtha-śunya sakala saṃsāra tuccha-rasa viṣaye se ādara sabāra || 7 ||

ati paramartha-sunya sakala samsara tuccha-rasa visaye se adara sabara (7)

English translation:

(7) The entire world was devoid of spiritual practice, for everyone was attached to insignificant sense gratification.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

During the time of Gaurasundara, the living entities of this material world were extremely maddened by the insignificant taste of sense objects. Instead of realizing that the only purpose of life was to make spiritual advancement, people were eager for their own sense enjoyment and averse to the service of Kṛṣṇa. In fact, the community of sense enjoyers, who glorify religiosity, economic development, and sense gratification, and the community of renunciates, who aspire for liberation from material existence, became completely devoid of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Not even the slightest propensity for serving Kṛṣṇa could be found in their hearts at any time. One may refer to the purport on the following verse 308.