Text 13] Narada’s Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam 237
they are devoid of devotional service. When speculation on the impersonal
Brahman is condemned on the above ground, then what to speak of
ordinary fruitive work which is not meant to fulfill the aim of devotional
service. Such speculative knowledge and fruitive work cannot lead one to
the goal of perfection. Fruitive work in which almost all people in general
are engaged is always painful either in the beginning or at the end. It can
only be fruitful when made subservient to the devotional service of the
Lord. In the Bhagavad-gita also it is confirmed that the result of such
fruitive work may be offered for the service of the Lord, otherwise it leads
to material bondage. The bona fide enjoyer of the fruitive work is the
Personality of Godhead, and thus when it is engaged for the sense grati-
fication of the living beings, it becomes an acute source of trouble.
TEXT 13
Oe ARTA -waTAATa ea,
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atho maha-bhaga bhavan amogha-drk
§uci-Sravah satya-rato dhrta-vratah
urukramasyakhila-bandha-muktaye
samdadhinanusmara tad-vicestitam
atho—therefore; maha-bhaga—highly fortunate; bhavan—yourself;
amogha-drk—the perfect seer; Suci—spotless; sravah—famous; satya-ratah—
having taken the vow of truthfulness; dhrta-vratah—fixed in spiritual quali-
ties; urukramasya—of the one who performs supernatural activities (God);
akhila—universal; bandha—bondage; muktaye—for liberation from;
samadhina—by trance; anusmara—think repeatedly and then describe them;
tat-vicestitam—various pastimes of the Lord.
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TRANSLATION i"

O Vyasadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is
spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you
can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for the liberation of the
people in general from all material bondage.
