Text 6] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 87

“*As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to
youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The
self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.” (Bg. 2.13) Krsna,
the greatest authority, says that the body will change. And as soon as the
body changes, one’s whole program of work changes also. Today I am a
human being or a great personality, but with a little deviation from
nature’s law, I shall have to accept a different type of body. Today I am a
human being, but tomorrow I may become a dog, and then whatever ac-
tivities I have performed in this life will be a failure. This simple truth is
now rarely understood, but one who is a dhira can understand this.
Those in this material world for material enjoyment should know that
because their present position will cease to exist, they must be careful in
how they act. This is also stated by Rsabhadeva. Na saédhu manye yata
Gtmano ’yam asann api klesada dasa dehah (Bhag. 5.5.4). Although this
body is temporary, as long as we have to live in this body we must suffer.
Whether one has a short life or a long life, one must suffer the threefold
miseries of material life. Therefore any gentleman, dhira, must be in-
terested in jyotisa, astrology.

Nanda Maharaja was trying to take advantage of the opportunity
afforded by Gargamuni’s presence, for Gargamuni was a great authority
in this knowledge of astrology, by which one can see the unseen events of
past, present and future. It is the duty of a father to understand the
astrological position of his children and do what is needed for their hap-
piness. Now, taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by the pres-
ence of Gargamuni, Nanda Maharaja suggested that Gargamuni prepare
a horoscope for Nanda’s two sons, Krsna and Balarama.

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AN at,
. TMSAANIM THAT AAO TEs EU
tvam hi brahma-vidam Sresthah
samskdran kartum arhasi

balayor anayor nfnam
Janmana brahmano guruh
