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[Canto 5, Ch. 19]
situated.” (Bg. 9.30) The only purpose of life is to be fully absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and His form, pastimes, activities and qualities. If one is able to think of Kṛṣṇa in this way, twenty-four hours a day, he is already liberated ( svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ ). Whereas materialists are absorbed in material thoughts and activities, devotees, on the contrary, are always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s activities. Therefore they are already on the platform of liberation. One has to think of Kṛṣṇa with full absorption at the time of death. Then he will certainly return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt.
TEXT 14
यथैहिकामुष्मिककामलम्पटः
सुतेषु दारेषु धनेषु चिन्तयन् ।
शङ्केत विद्वान् कुकलेवरात्ययाद्
यस्तस्य यत्नः श्रम एव केवलम् ॥१४॥
yathaihikāmuṣmika-kāma-lampaṭaḥ suteṣu dāreṣu dhaneṣu cintayan śaṅketa vidvān kukalevarātyayād yas tasya yatnaḥ śrama eva kevalam
yathā—as; aihika—in the present life; amuṣmika—in the expected future life; kāma-lampaṭaḥ—a person who is very attached to lusty desires for bodily enjoyment; suteṣu—children; dāreṣu—wife; dhaneṣu—wealth; cintayan—thinking about; śaṅketa—is afraid; vidvān—a person advanced in spiritual knowledge; ku-kalevara—of this body, which is full of stool and urine; atyayāt—because of loss; yaḥ—anyone; tasya—his; yatnaḥ—endeavors; śramaḥ—a waste of time and energy; eva—certainly; kevalam—only.
TRANSLATION
Materialists are generally very attached to their present bodily comforts and to the bodily comforts they expect in the future. Therefore they are always absorbed in thoughts of their wives, children and wealth and are afraid of giving up their bodies, which