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Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī
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glorious. In other words, unless one is Kṛṣṇa conscious, all his material possessions are zero, but when this zero is by the side of the Supreme One, it at once increases in value to ten. Unless situated by the side of the Supreme One, zero is always zero; one can add one hundred zeros, but the value will still remain zero. Unless one's material assets are used in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they may play havoc and degrade the possessor.
TEXT 18
नैतादृशानां स्वजन्यपेक्षया गृहान् प्रतीयादनवस्थितात्मनाम् । येऽभ्यागतान् वक्रधियामिचक्षते आरोपितभ्रूभिरमर्षणाक्षिभिः ॥१८॥
naitādṛśānām svajana-vyapekṣayā gṛhān pratīyād anavasthitātmanām ye 'bhyāgatān vakra-dhiyābhicakṣate āropita-bhrūbhir amarṣaṇākṣibhiḥ
na—not; etādṛśānām—like this; svajana—kinsmen; vyapekṣayā—depending on that; gṛhān—in the house of; pratīyāt—one should go; anavasthita—disturbed; ātmanām—mind; ye—those; abhyāgatān—guests; vakra-dhiyā—with cold reception; abhicakṣate—looking at; āropita-bhrūbhiḥ—with raised eyebrows; amarṣaṇa—angry; akṣibhiḥ—with the eyes.
TRANSLATION
One should not go to anyone's house, even on the consideration of his being a relative or a friend, when the man is disturbed in his mind and looks upon the guest with raised eyebrows and angry eyes.
PURPORT
However low a person may be, he is never unkind to his children, wife and nearest kin; even a tiger is kind to his cubs, for within the animal kingdom the cubs are treated very nicely. Since Satī was the daughter of Dakṣa, however cruel and contaminated he might be, naturally it was expected that he would receive her very nicely. But here it is indicated by the word  anavasthita  that such a person cannot be trusted. Tigers are very kind to their cubs, but it is also known that sometimes they eat them. Malicious persons should not be trusted because they are always unsteady. Thus Satī was advised not to go to her father's house because to accept