Text 44 |
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
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TEXT 44
विद्याधरा ऊचुः
त्वन्माययार्थमभिपद्य कलेवरेऽसिन्
कृत्वा ममाहमिति दुर्मतिरुत्पथैः स्वैः ।
क्षिप्तोऽप्यसद्विषयलालस आत्ममोहं
युष्मत्कथामृतनिषेवक उद् व्युदस्येत् ॥४४॥
vidyādharā ūcuḥ
tvan-māyayārtham abhipadya kalevare 'smin
kṛtvā mamāham iti durmatir utpathaiḥ svaiḥ
kṣipto 'py asad-viṣaya-lālasa ātma-moham
yuṣmat-kathāmṛta-niṣevaka ud vyudasyet
vidyādharāḥ—the  Vidyādharas ; ūcuḥ—said; tvat-māyayā—by Your external potency; artham—the human body; abhipadya—after obtaining; kalevare—in the body; asmin—in this; kṛtvā—having misidentified; mama—mine; aham—I; iti—thus; durmatiḥ—the ignorant person; utpathaiḥ—by wrong roads; svaiḥ—by one's own belongings; kṣiptaḥ—distracted; api—even; asat—temporary; viṣaya-lālasaḥ—having his happiness in sense objects; ātma-moham—the illusion of the body as the self; yuṣmat—Your; kathā—topics; amṛta—nectar; niṣevakaḥ—relishing; ut—from a long distance; vyudasyet—can be delivered.
TRANSLATION
The  Vidyādharas  said: Dear Lord, this human form of body is for attaining the highest perfectional objective, but, impelled by Your external energy, the living entity misidentifies himself with his body and with the material energy, and, therefore, influenced by māyā, he wants to become happy by material enjoyment. He is misled and is always attracted by temporary, illusory happiness. But Your transcendental activities are so powerful that if one engages in the hearing and chanting of such topics, he can be delivered from illusion.
PURPORT
The human form of life is called  arthadam  because the body can very nicely help the embodied soul to achieve the highest perfection. Prahlāda Mahārāja said that even though it is temporary, the body can give us the