Text 37] Prayers by Queen Kunti 419

conducive to spiritual life. It is said that the Vedas and Puranas, etc.,
are all made to revive our lost relation with Him. Hearing of all these
scriptures is essential.

TEXT 37

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at A ARARAT: TEAR

WIT Was Aiaearyz 120!

apy adya nas tvarn sva-krtehita prabho
jihasasi svit suhrdo ’nujivinah

yesarh na canyad bhavatah padambujat
paradyanam rajasu yojitarn hasam

api—if; adya—today; nah—us; tvam—Y ou; sva-krta—self-executed; thita—
all duties; prabho—O my Lord; jihasasi—giving up; svit—possibly; suhrdah
—intimate friends; anujivinah—living at the mercy of; yesam—ef whom;
na—nor;ca—and:; anyat—anyone else; bhavatah— Y our; pada-ambujat— from
the lotus feet: parayanam—dependent; rajasu—unto the kings; yojitam—
engaged in; hasam—enmity.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, You have executed all duties Yourself. Are you leaving
us today, though we are completely dependent on Your mercy and have
no one else to protect us now when all kings are at enmity with us?

PURPORT

The Pandavas are most fortunate because with all good luck they were
entirely dependent on the mercy of the Lord. In the material world, to be
dependent on the mercy of someone else is the utmost sign of misfortune,
but in the case of our transcendental relation with the Lord, it is the most
fortunate case when we can live completely dependent on Him. The
material disease is due to thinking of becoming independent of everything.
But the cruel material nature does not allow us to become independent.
The false attempt to become independent of the stringent laws of nature
