Different Body Different Purpose

2017-12-31
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.06.22-24 - Different Body Different Purpose (download mp3)
by Shubha Vilas Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 11.6.22

dharmas ca sthapitah satsu

 satya-sandhesu vai tvaya

kirtis ca diksu viksipta

 sarva-loka-malapaha

Translation:
My Lord, You have reestablished the principles of religion among pious men who are always firmly bound to the truth. You have also distributed Your glories all over the world, and thus the whole world can be purified by hearing about You.

SB 11.6.23

avatirya yador vamse

 bibhrad rupam anuttamam

karmany uddama-vrttani

 hitaya jagato ’krthah

Translation:
Descending into the dynasty of King Yadu, You have manifested Your unique transcendental form, and for the benefit of the entire universe You have executed magnanimous transcendental activities.

SB 11.6.24

yani te caritanisa

 manusyah sadhavah kalau

srnvantah kirtayantas ca

 tarisyanty añjasa tamah

Translation:

My dear Lord, those pious and saintly persons who in the Age of Kali hear about Your transcendental activities and also glorify them will easily cross over the darkness of the age.

Purport:

Unfortunately, in Kali-yuga many persons are not attracted to the authorized Vedic literatures. Minimizing the transcendental process of hearing and chanting the glories of the Personality of Godhead, they prefer to listen to useless and whimsical vibrations on the radio and television, in newspapers and magazines, and so on. Rather than hear about Krsna from the bona fide spiritual master, they endlessly give their own opinions about everything, until they are dragged away by the force of time. After studying the temporary, limited forms of the material world, they impatiently conclude that the Absolute Truth is formless. Such persons are actually worshiping Krsna’s illusory energy, maya, who has been authorized to kick their stubborn heads. If instead people hear directly about Krsna from the bona fide sources, they will very easily solve all the problems of their lives. In Kali-yuga people are constantly suffering from many psychological, social, economic, historical, political and existential problems. But all these nightmarish problems can be removed as soon as one awakens to the transcendental reality of the Personality of Godhead, who is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge and beyond the bewildering manifestations of the material energy. The Lord appears within this universe so that people can observe, hear about and glorify His actual activities. In this difficult Age of Kali we should all seriously take advantage of this opportunity.