Categorize the Material and Spiritual philosophically and harmonize them practically

2015-11-07
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.70.26-27 - Categorize the Material and Spiritual philosophically and harmonize them practically (download mp3) and (download mp4)
by Chaitanya Charan Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.70.26
loko vikarma-niratah kusale pramattah
 karmany ayam tvad-udite bhavad-arcane sve
yas tavad asya balavan iha jivitasam
 sadyas chinatty animisaya namo ’stu tasmai

Translation: 
People in this world are always engaged in sinful activities and are thus bewildered about their real duty, which is to worship You according to Your commandments. This activity would truly bring them good fortune. Let us offer our obeisances unto the all-powerful Lord, who appears as time and suddenly cuts down one’s stubborn hope for a long life in this world.

Purport: 
Lord Krsna states in the Bhagavad-gita (9.27):

yat karosi yad asnasi
 yaj juhosi dadasi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
 tat kurusva mad-arpanam

“Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform — do that, O son of Kunti, as an offering to Me.”

This is the Supreme Lord’s commandment, but people in general are bewildered and neglect this auspicious activity, preferring instead to perform sinful activities that lead them to terrible suffering. The Krsna consciousness movement is working to enlighten the world about this most essential activity of loving service to the Lord.


SB 10.70.27
loke bhavaƱ jagad-inah kalayavatirnah
 sad-raksanaya khala-nigrahanaya canyah
kascit tvadiyam atiyati nidesam isa
 kim va janah sva-krtam rcchati tan na vidmah
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Translation: 
You are the predominating Lord of the universe and have descended into this world with Your personal power to protect the saintly and suppress the wicked. We cannot understand, O Lord, how anyone can transgress Your law and still continue to enjoy the fruits of his work.

Purport: 
Sridhara Svami explains that the kings were bewildered by the suffering that had come upon them. They state here that since the Lord has descended to this world to protect the pious and punish the wicked, how is it that Jarasandha, who brazenly transgressed the order of the Lord, continued to perform his wicked activities, whereas the kings were put into a miserable condition? Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura similarly states that the kings could not understand how Jarasandha, who harassed the saintly devotees and nourished the envious, could continue to prosper, whereas the kings were being tormented by the wicked Jarasandha. Similarly Srila Prabhupada quotes the kings as follows in Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: “My dear Lord, You are the proprietor of all the worlds, and You have incarnated Yourself along with Your plenary expansion Lord Balarama. It is said that Your appearance in this incarnation is for the purpose of protecting the faithful and destroying the miscreants. Under the circumstances, how is it possible that miscreants like Jarasandha can put us into such deplorable conditions of life against Your authority? We are puzzled at the situation and cannot understand how it is possible. It may be that Jarasandha has been deputed to give us such trouble because of our past misdeeds, but we have heard from revealed scriptures that anyone who surrenders unto Your lotus feet immediately becomes immune to the reactions of sinful life… [We] therefore… wholeheartedly offer ourselves unto Your shelter, and we hope that Your Lordship will now give us full protection.”