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The Activities of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra
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śoce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyārtha- māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān
“They are rotting in material activities for transient material pleasure and spoiling their lives toiling all day and night simply for sense gratification, with no attachment for love of Godhead. I am simply lamenting for them and devising various plans to deliver them from the clutches of  māyā .” ( Bhāg.  7.9.43)  Karmīs  who act very seriously for sense gratification are always referred to in the  śāstras  by such terms as  pramatta ,  vimukha  and  vimūḍha . They are killed by  māyā . However, one who is  apramatta , a sane, sober person, a  dhīra , knows very well that a human being’s primary duty is to render service to the Supreme Person.  Māyā  is always ready to kill those who are  pramatta  with her invisible bows and arrows. Āgnīdhra questioned Pūrvacitti about this.
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बाणाविमौ भगवतः शतपत्रपत्रौ
शान्तावपुङ्क्तचिरावतितिग्मदन्तौ ।
कस्मै युयुङ्गसि वने विचरन् विद्मः
क्षेमाय नो जडधियां तव विक्रमोऽस्तु॥ ८ ॥
bāṇāv imau bhagavataḥ śata-patra-patrau śāntāv apuṅkha-rucirāv ati-tigma-dantau kasmai yuyuṅkṣasi vane vicaran na vidmaḥ kṣemāya no jaḍa-dhiyāṁ tava vikramo ’stu
bāṇau —two arrows;  imau —these;  bhagavataḥ —of you, the most powerful;  śata-patra-patrau —having feathers like the petals of a lotus flower;  śāntau —peaceful;  apuṅkha —without a shaft;  rucirau —very beautiful;  ati-tigma-dantau —having a very sharp point;  kasmai —whom;  yuyuṅkṣasi —you want to pierce;  vane —in the forest;  vicaran —loitering;  na vidmaḥ —we cannot understand;  kṣemāya —for welfare;  naḥ —of us;  jaḍa-dhiyāṁ —who are dull-headed;  tava —your;  vikramaḥ —prowess;  astu —may be.