Chapter 4 contrasts worldly pursuits with the path of saints. How does it describe people who are lost in worldly life?

Chapter 4 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra portrays people lost in worldly life as those who have mistaken temporary things for true happiness. It states that when individuals consider people, wealth, status, sons, and spouses as the only source of joy, they turn away from the ultimate goal (Paramartha). This leads to a state where they lose their long life, health, and prosperity, wandering about obsessed only with lust and hunger. In doing so, as the chapter explains, they completely miss the opportunity for self-upliftment, creating the very conditions that call for a saint to incarnate and guide them back.