692 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 13
PURPORT

The words krpanasya jijivisoh are significant. There are two classes of
men. One is called the krpana, and the other is called the brahmana. The
krpana, or the miserly man, has no estimation of his material body, but the
brahmana has a true estimation of himself and the material body. The
krpana, having a wrong estimation of his material body, wants to enjoy
sense gratification with his utmost strength, and even in old age he wants
to become a young man by medical treatment or otherwise. Dhrtarastra
is addressed herein as a krpana because without any estimation of his
material body he wants to live at any cost, and Vidura is trying to open
his eyes to see that he cannot live more than his term and that he must
prepare for death. Since death is inevitable, why should he accept such a
humiliating position for living? It is better to take the right path, even at
the risk of death. Human life is meant for finishing all kinds of miseries of
material existence, and life should be so regulated that one can achieve the
desired goal. Dhrtarastra, due to his wrong conception of life, had already
spoiled eighty percent of his achieved energy, so it behooved him to
utilize the remaining days of his miserly life for the ultimate good. Such a
life is called miserly because one cannot properly utilize the assets of the
human form of life. Such a miserly man, by good luck only, meets a self-
realized soul like Vidura and by his instruction gets rid of the nescience of
material existence.

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gata-svartham imam deham
virakto mukta-bandhanah
avijidta-gatir jah yat
sa vai dhira udahrtah

gata-svartham—without being properly utilized; imam—this; deham—
material body; viraktah—indifferently; mukta—being freed; bandhanah—
from all obligations; avijfiata-gatih—unknown destination; jah yat—one
should give up this body; sah—such a person; vai—certainly; dhirah—undis-
turbed; udahrtah—is said to be so.
