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Prayers by Queen Kunti
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conducive to spiritual life. It is said that the  Vedas  and  Purāṇas , etc., are all made to revive our lost relation with Him. Hearing of all these scriptures is essential.
TEXT 37
अप्यद्य नस्त्वं स्वकृतेहित प्रभो 
  जिहाससि स्वित्सुहृदोऽनुजीविनः । 
  येषां न चान्यद्भवतः पदाम्बुजात् 
  परायणं राजसु योजितांहसाम् ॥३७॥
apy adya nas tvam sva-kṛtehita prabho 
  jihāsasi svit suhṛdo 'nujīvinaḥ 
  yeṣām na cānyad bhavataḥ padāmbujāt 
  parāyaṇam rājasu yojitām hasām
api—if; adya—today; naḥ—us; tvam—You; sva-kṛta—self-executed; īhita—all duties; prabho—O my Lord; jihāsasi—giving up; svit—possibly; suhṛdaḥ—intimate friends; anujīvinaḥ—living at the mercy of; yeṣām—●f whom; na—nor; ca—and; anyat—anyone else; bhavataḥ—Your; pada-ambujāt—from the lotus feet; parāyaṇam—dependent; rājasu—unto the kings; yojitām—engaged in; hasām—enmity.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, You have executed all duties Yourself. Are you leaving us today, though we are completely dependent on Your mercy and have no one else to protect us now when all kings are at enmity with us?
PURPORT
The Pāṇḍavas are most fortunate because with all good luck they were entirely dependent on the mercy of the Lord. In the material world, to be dependent on the mercy of someone else is the utmost sign of misfortune, but in the case of our transcendental relation with the Lord, it is the most fortunate case when we can live completely dependent on Him. The material disease is due to thinking of becoming independent of everything. But the cruel material nature does not allow us to become independent. The false attempt to become independent of the stringent laws of nature