Text 28] What Prahlāda Learned in the Womb
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yathā svapne śiraś chedaṁ svayaṁ kṛtvātmano vaśaḥ
tato duḥkham avāpyeta tathā jāgarito 'pi tu jānann apy ātmano duḥkham avaśas tu pravartate
One must realize that the material condition of life is full of distresses. One can realize this with purified intelligence. When one's intelligence is purified, he can understand that unwanted, temporary, material life is just like a dream. Just as one suffers pain when his head is cut off in a dream, in ignorance one suffers not only while dreaming but also while awake. Without the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one continues in ignorance and is thus subjected to material distresses in various ways.
TEXT 28
तस्माद्धवद्भिः कर्तव्यं कर्मणां त्रिगुणात्मनाम् । बीजनिर्हरणं योगः प्रवाहोपरमो धियः ॥२८॥
tasmād bhavadbhiḥ kartavyaṁ karmaṇāṁ tri-guṇātmanām bīja-nirharaṇaṁ yogaḥ pravāhoparamo dhiyaḥ
tasmāt—therefore; bhavadbhiḥ—by your good selves; kartavyam—to be done; karmaṇām—of all material activities; tri-guṇa-ātmanām—conditioned by the three modes of material nature; bīja-nirharaṇam—burning of the seed; yogaḥ—the process by which one can be linked with the Supreme; pravāha—of the continuous current in the form of wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep; uparamaḥ—the cessation; dhiyaḥ—of the intelligence.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, my dear friends, O sons of the demons, your duty is to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which can burn the seed of fruitive