The material provided in Chapter 50 offers a stern assessment of those attached to worldly life. It explains that a person whose mind is fixated on wealth and luxury, who remains unsatisfied in sense enjoyment, and who is constantly preoccupied with thoughts of their wife and sons, possesses a type of knowledge that is, in reality, only ignorance ('Avidya'). Such an individual, described as being deluded by money, children, and wife, is unable to know their own welfare, even if they are considered 'wise' by worldly standards. The text concludes that as long as a person lacks devotion and is entangled in these attachments, their knowledge remains covered by ignorance.
What is the spiritual state of a person who is deeply attached to worldly pleasures and family, according to the text?
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