536 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10

forgetful living being is always busy with false forms and false names.
Modern nationalism is the culmination of such false names and false forms.
Men are mad after false name and form. The form of body obtained under
certain conditions is taken up as factual, and the name also taken
bewilders the conditioned soul into misusing the energy in the name of so
many “isms.” The scriptures, however, supply the clue of understanding
the real position, but men are reluctant to take lessons from the scriptures
created by the Lord for different places and times. For example, the
Bhagavad-gita is the guiding principle for every human being, but by the
spell of material energy they do not take care to carry out the programs
of life in terms of the Bhagavad-gita. Srimad- Bhagavatam is the post-
graduate study of knowledge for one who has thoroughly understood the
principles of the Bhagavad-gita. Unfortunately they have no taste for
them, and therefore they are under the clutches of maya for repetition of
birth and death.

TEXT 23

a a art AqaAa aT
faatan fafiaarafiaa: |

reafeaaraafsarerra
aay ae afters aete R3I

sa va ayam yat padam atra stirayo
jitendriya nirjita-matarisvanah

pasyanti bhaktyut-kalitamalatmana
nanvesa sattvam parimarstum arhati

sah—He; vai—by providence; ayam—this; yat—that which; padam atra—
here is the same Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna; sirayah—great devo-
tees; jita-indriya—one who has overcome the influence of the senses:
nirjita—thoroughly controlled; matarisvanah—life; pasyanti—can see;
bhakti-hy dint of devotional service; utkalita—developed;: amala-almana—
those whose minds are thoroughly cleansed: nanu esah—certainly by this
only; sattvam—existence; parimarstum—for purifying the mind completely;
arhati— deserve.

TRANSLATION

Here is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead whose transcen-
dental form is experienced by the great devotees who are completely
