On account of attachment to earthly objects, which has a tendency, to multiply itself, one wishes for things other than those for which one should wish, and accordingly fails to attain to the Supreme.
विषयेषु तु संसर्गाच्छाश्वतस्य तु संश्रयात्। मनसा चान्यथा काङ्क्षन् परं 7 प्रतिपद्यते॥