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clined to fight, but when he was convinced by the Lord that the fighting
was necessary, Sri Arjuna changed his decision and fought for His cause.
Similarly, if one is a businessman, an industrialist, an agriculturist, etc.,
then one should spend his hard-earned money for the cause of the Lord.
Think always that the money which is accumulated is the wealth of the
Lord. Wealth is considered to be the goddess of fortune (Laksmi), and the
Lord is Narayana or the husband of Laksmi. Try to engage Laksmi in the
service of Lord Narayana and be happy. That is the way to realize the
Lord in every sphere of life. The best thing is, after all, to get relief from
all material activities and engage oneself completely in hearing the tran-
scendental pastimes of the Lord. But in case of the absence of such an
opportunity, one should try to engage everything, for which one has
specific attraction, in the service of the Lord, and that is the way of peace
and prosperity. The word samsiicitam in this stanza is also significant. One
should not think for a moment that the realization of Narada was childish
imagination only. It is not like that. It is so realized by the expert and
erudite scholars, and that is the real import of the word samsiicitam.
TEXT 33
ara aT Yaa ad Ft Baa |
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aaa ard xa a Gatta Fataatcrey 133
admayo yasca bhiitanarn
jayate yena suvrata
tadeva hy Gmayarh dravyam
na punati cikitsitam
amayah—diseases; yah ca—whatever; bhatanam—of the living being;
jayate—become possible; yena—by the agency; suvrata—O good soul; tat—
that; eva—very; hi—certainly ;amayam— disease; dravyam—thing; na—does it
not; punati—cure; cikitsitam—treated with.
TRANSLATION
O good soul, does not a thing, applied therapeutically, cure a disease
which was caused by that very same thing?
PURPORT
An expert physician treats his patient with a therapeutic diet. For exam-
ple, milk preparations sometimes cause disorder of the bowels, but the
