Vivekachudamani 9

uddharedatman atmanam magnam samsaravaridhau |
yogarudhatvamasadya samyagdarsana nisthaya˜
(Vivekachudamani 9)

 Having ascended the path of yoga through continuous and right discrimination, one should lift oneself from the ocean of change and finitude wherein one has come to be drowned.

"Due to ignorance, the materialistic person does not know anything about his real self-interest, the auspicious path in life. He is simply bound to material enjoyment by lusty desires, and all his plans are made for this purpose. For temporary sense gratification, such a person creates a society of envy, and due to this mentality, he plunges into the ocean of suffering. Such a foolish person does not even know about this." —Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.16

This is the description of the material world. Anyonya-vairah: Everyone is simply envious of one another. This is the material world: I am envious of you; you are envious of me. You can extend this principle to family, society, community, and nation, but the basic principle is enviousness, nothing else.

A verse in the beginning of the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.2) describes who is fit to accept the spiritual principles of the Bhagavatam: dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsaranam. The Bhagavatam is meant for persons who are no longer envious. Those who are envious have no entrance in the principles of Srimad-Bhagavatam.

The whole world is based on the principle of enviousness, anyonya-vairah. And what is the result of this enviousness? Sukha-lesha-hetu: temporary happiness.