Text 2] Questions by the Sages 51

spiritual form of sex has accepted perverted material sex life as the all in
all. There is a distinction between sex life in the diseased material condi-
tion and spiritual sex life.

This Srimad-Bhagavatam will gradually elevate the unbiased reader to
the highest perfectional stage of transcendence. It will enable him to tran-
scend the three modes of material activities: fruitive actions, speculative
philosophy, and worship of functional deities as inculcated in Vedic verses.

TEXT 2
WA: MaRaaiss wa fence aat
TAMA TE frag aT |
aftrgrrad Aeafrae far eitaz:
aN careers Haft: wraaeng 11 2 11

dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ‘tra paramo nirmatsaranam satam
vedyam vastavam atra vastu sivadam tdpa-trayonmilanam
srimad bhdgavate mahamuni-krte kim va parair isvarah
sadyo hrdy avarudhyate ’tra krtibhih suSsriisubhis tatk sanat.

dharmah—religiosity; projjhita—completely rejected; kaitavah—covered
by fruitive intention; atra—herein; paramah—the highest; nirmatsaranam—
of the one hundred percent pure in heart; satam—devotees; vedyam—
understandable; véastavam—factual; atra—herein; vastu—substance; sivadam
—well-being; tapa-traya—three-fold miseries; unmulanam—causing uprooting
of; srimat—beautiful; bhagavate—the Bhagavata Purana; mahamuni—the
great sage (Vyasadeva); krte—having compiled; kim—what is; va—the
need; paraih—others; isvarah—the Supreme Lord; sadyah—at once; hrdi—
within the heart; avarudhyate—become compact; atra—herein; krtibhih—
by the pious men; susriisubhih—by culture; tat-ksanat—without delay.

TRANSLATION

Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially moti-
vated, this Bhagavata Purana propounds the highest truth, which is under-
standable by those devotees who are pure in heart. The highest truth is
reality distinguished | from illusion for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots
the threefold miseries. This beautiful Bhagavatam, compiled by the great
sage Sri Vyasadeva, is sufficient in itself for God realization. As soon as one
attentively and submissively hears the message of Bhagavatam, he becomes
attached to the Supreme Lord.
