Text 9] Disappearance of Lord Krsna 739
yasman nah sampado rajyam
darah pranah kulam prajah
asan sapatna-vijayo
lokas ca yad-anugrahat
yasmat—from whom; nah—our; sampadah—opulence; rajyam—kingdom;
darah—good wives; pranah—existence of life; kulam—dynasty; prajah—
subjects; asan—have become possible; sapatna—competitors; vijayah—
conquering; lokah—future accomodation in higher planets; ca—and; yat—
by whose; anugrahat—by the mercy of.
TRANSLATION
From Him only, all our kingly opulence, our good wives, lives, pro-
geny, our control over our subjects, victory over our enemies and future
accomodations in higher planets, have become possible. All this is due to
His causeless mercy upon us.
PURPORT
Material prosperity consists of a good wife, good home, sufficient land,
good children, aristocratic family relations, victory over competitors and,
by pious work, attainment of accomodations in the higher celestial planets
for better facilities of material amenities. These facilities are earned not
only by one’s hard manual labor or by unfair means, but by the mercy of
the Supreme Lord. Prosperity earned by one’s personal endeavor also
depends on the mercy of the Lord. Personal labor must be there in addition
to the Lord’s benediction, but without the Lord’s benediction no one is
successful simply by personal labor. The modernized man of Kali-yuga
believes in personal endeavor and denies the benediction of the Supreme
Lord. Even a great sannydsi of India delivered speeches in Chicago pro-
testing the benedictions of the Supreme Lord. But as far as Vedic sastras
are concerned, as we find in the pages of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the ultimate
sanction for all success rests in the hands of the Supreme Lord. Maharaja
Yudhisthira admits this truth in his personal success, and it behooves one to
follow in the footsteps of a great king and devotee of the Lord to make
life a full success. If one could achieve success without the sanction of the
Lord then no medical practitioner would fail to cure a patient. Despite the
most advanced treatment of a suffering patient by the most up-to-date
medical practitioner, there is death, and even in the most hopeless case,
without medical treatment, a patient is cured astonishingly. Therefore the
