Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27


Sanskrit:

किं धनैर्धनदैर्वा किं कामैर्वा कामदैरुत ।मृत्युना ग्रस्यमानस्य कर्मभिर्वोत जन्मदै: ॥ २७ ॥

ITRANS:

kiṁ dhanair dhana-dair vā kiṁkāmair vā kāma-dair utamṛtyunā grasyamānasyakarmabhir vota janma-daiḥ

Translation:

For one who is in the grips of death, what is the use of wealth or those who offer it, sense gratification or those who offer it, or, for that matter, any type of fruitive activity, which simply causes one to again take birth in the material world?

Purport: