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The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī
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circumstances, he is inquisitive about his position. For instance, Sanātana Gosvāmī approached the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to ask Him why he was in a distressed condition. This is the position of all conditioned souls. We are always in a distressed condition, and an intelligent man naturally becomes inquisitive. This position is called  brahma-jijñāsā . Athāto  brahma-jijñāsā  ( Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.1 ).  Brahma  here refers to Vedic literature. One should consult Vedic literature to know why the conditioned soul is always in a distressed condition. Vedic literatures are meant to free the conditioned soul from the miserable conditions of material existence. In this chapter, the story of the astrologer Sarvajña and the poor man is very instructive.
TEXT 128
‘তুমি কেনে দুঃখী, তোমার আছে পিতৃধন । তোমারে না কহিল, অন্যত্র ছাড়িল জীবন ॥’ ১২৮ ॥
‘tumi kene duḥkhī, tomāra āche pitṛ-dhana tomāre nā kahila, anyatra chāḍila jīvana’’
SYNONYMS
tumi—you; kene—why; duḥkhī—distressed; tomāra—your; āche—there is; pitṛ-dhana—the riches of your father; tomāre—unto you; nā kahila—he did not disclose; anyatra—somewhere else; chāḍila—gave up; jīvana—his life.
TRANSLATION
“The astrologer asked, ‘Why are you unhappy? Your father was very wealthy, but he did not disclose his wealth to you because he died elsewhere?’
TEXT 129
সর্বজ্ঞের বাক্যে করে ধনের উদ্দেশে । ঐছে বেদ-পুরাণ জীবে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ উপদেশে ॥ ১২৯ ॥
sarvajñera vākye kare dhanera uddeśe aiche veda-purāṇa jīve ‘kṛṣṇa’ upadeśe
SYNONYMS
sarvajñera—of the astrologer; vākye—the words; kare—make; dhanera—of the riches; uddeśe—news; aiche—similarly; veda-purāṇa—Vedic literatures; jīve—unto the living entity, the conditioned soul; kṛṣṇa—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; upadeśe—instructs.