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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 14]
nothing but cheaters in one way or another. The scientists are cheaters because they present so many bogus things in the name of science. They propose going to the moon, but actually they end up cheating the entire public of large sums of money for their experiments. They cannot do anything useful. Unless one can find a person transcendental to the four basic defects, one should not accept advice and become a victim of the material condition. The best process is to take the advice and instructions of Śrī Kṛṣṇa or His bona fide representative. In this way one can be happy in this life and the next.
TEXT 27
अध्वन्यमुष्मिन्निम उपसर्गस्तथा सुखदुःखरागद्वेषभयाभिमानप्रमादोन्माद- शोकमोहलोभमात्सर्येष्यविमानश्रुतिपपासाधिव्याधिजन्मजरामरणादयः॥२७॥
adhvany amuṣminn ima upasargās tathā sukha-duḥkha-rāga-dveṣa- bhayābhimāna-pramādonmāda-śoka-moha-lobha-mātsaryerṣyāva- māna-kṣut-pipāsādhi-vyādhi-janma-jarā-maraṇādayaḥ.
adhvani—on the path of material life; amuṣmin—on that; ime—all these; upasargāḥ—eternal difficulties; tathā—so much also; sukha—so-called happiness; duḥkha—unhappiness; rāga—attachment; dveṣa—hate; bhaya—fear; abhimāna—false prestige; pramāda—illusion; un-māda—madness; śoka—lamentation; moha—bewilderment; lobha—greed; mātsarya—envy; īrṣya—enmity; avamāna—insult; kṣut—hunger; pipāsā—thirst; ādhi—tribulations; vyādhi—disease; janma—birth; jarā—old age; maraṇa—death; ādayaḥ—and so on.
TRANSLATION
In this materialistic life, there are many difficulties, as I have just mentioned, and all of these are insurmountable. In addition, there are difficulties arising from so-called happiness, distress, attachment, hate, fear, false prestige, illusion, madness, lamentation, bewilderment, greed, envy, enmity, insult, hunger, thirst, tribulation, disease, birth, old age and death. All these combine