Text 37] Dhrtarastra Quits Home 705
safijayah uvaca—Saiijaya said; na—not; aham—myself; veda—in know-
ledge; vyavasitam—determination; pitroh—of your uncles; vah—your; kula-
nandana—O descendant of the Kuru dynasty; gandharyah—by Gandhan;
vi—or: maha-baho—O great King; musitah—cheated; asmi—I have been;
mahatmabhih— great souls.
TRANSLATION
Sajijaya said: My dear descendant of the Kuru dynasty, I have no
information of the determination of your two uncles and: Gandhari. O
King, I have been cheated by those great souls.
PURPORT
That great souls cheat others may be astonishing to know, but it is a fact
that great souls cheat others for a great cause. It is said that Lord Krsna
also advised YudIusthira to tell a lie before Dronacarya, and it was also for
a great cause. The Lord wanted it, and therefore it was a great cause.
Satisfaction of the Lord is the criterion of the bona fides, and the highest
perfection of life is to satisfy the Lord by one’s occupational duty. That
is the verdict of Gita and Bhagavatam.* Dhrtarastra and Vidura, followed
by Gandhani, did not disclose their determination to Saiijaya, although he
was constantly with Dhrtarastra as his personal assistant. Safijaya never
thought that Dhrtarastra could perform any act without consulting him.
But Dhrtarastra’s going away from home was so confidential that it could
not even be disclosed to Sajijaya. Sanatana Gosvami also cheated the
keeper of the prison house while going away to see Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu, and similarly Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami also cheated his priest
and left home for good to satisfy the Lord. To satisfy the Lord, anything
is good, for it is in relation with the Absolute Truth. We also had the same
opportunity to cheat the family members and leave home to engage in the
necessary for a great cause, and there is no loss for any party in such tran-
scendental fraud.
*yatah pravurttir bhitanam yena sarvam idam tatam
svakarmana tam abhyarcya siddhim vindati manavah. (Bg. 18.46)
atah pumbhir dvija-srestha varnasrama-vibhagasah
svanusthitasya dharmasya samsiddhir hari-tosanam _(Bhag. 1.2.13)
