Text 27] Prayers by Queen Kunti 403

intoxicated by such temporary possessions. Consequently, such materially
puffed up persons are incapable of uttering the holy name of the Lord by
addressing Him feelingly as “O Govinda, O Krsna.” It is said in the
Sastras that by once uttering the holy name of the Lord, the sinner gets rid
of a quantity of sins that he is unable to commit. Such is the power of
uttering the holy name of the Lord. There isnot the least exaggeration in
this statement. Actually the Lord’s holy name has such powerful potency.
But there is a quality to such utterances also. It depends on the quality of
feeling. A helpless man can feelingly utter the holy name of the Lord,
whereas aman who utters the same holy name in great material satisfaction
cannot be so sincere. Therefore, a materially puffed up person may utter
the holy name of the Lord occasionally, but he is incapable of uttering
the name in quality. Therefore, the four principles of material advancement.
namely 1) high parentage, 2) good wealth, 3) high education, and 4) at-
tractive beauly, etc., are, so to speak, disqualifications for progress on the
path of spiritual advancement. Material covering of the pure spirit soul is
an external feature, as much as fever is anexternal feature of the unhealthy
hody. The general process is to decrease the degree of the fever and not to
aggravate it ‘by maltreatment. Sometimes it isseen that spiritually advanced
persons become materially impoverished. This is no discouragement. On
the other hand, such impoverishment is a good sign as much as the
falling of temperature is a good sign. The principle of life should be to
decrease the degree of material intoxication which leads one to be more
and more illusioned about the aim of life. Grossly illusioned persons are
quite unfit for entrance into the kingdom of God.

TEXT 27

astra hrarr Proereae |
AAR Wea FATTITA AA? NI

namo’ kificana-vittaya
nivurtta-guna-vrttaye

atma-ramaya Santaya
kaivalya-pataye namah

namah—all obeisanves unto You; akificana-vittaya—unto the property
of the materially impoverished; nivrtta—completely transcendental to the
actions of the material modes; guna—material modes; urttaye—affection;
atma-ramaya—one who is self-satisfied; santaya—the most gentle: kaivalya-
pataye—unto the master of the monists; namah—bowing down.
