Text 13] Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees 185
In the beginning it was nothing, and in the end it will be nothing. Why
then should one commit sinful activities when it is manifested? It is not
possible for anyone to do this unless he is rascal number one.
TEXT 13
FAT ANITA TTA RASA |
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asatah sri-madaéndhasya
daridryam param anjanam
dtmaupamyena bhitani
daridrah param iksate
asatah—of such a foolish rascal; sri-mada-andhasya —who is blinded
by temporarily possessing riches and opulence; ddridryam—poverty;
param afjanam—the best ointment for the eyes, by which to see things
as they are; dtma-aupamyena—with comparison to himself; bhitani—
living beings; daridrah—a poverty-stricken man; param—perfectly;
iksate—can see things as they are.
TRANSLATION
Atheistic fools and rascals who are very much proud of wealth
fail to see things as they are. Therefore, returning them to poverty
is the proper ointment for their eyes so they may see things as they
are. At least a poverty-stricken man can realize how painful
poverty is, and therefore he will not want others to be in a painful
condition like his own.
PURPORT
Even today, if a man who was formerly poverty-stricken gets money,
he is inclined to utilize his money to perform many philanthropic ac-
tivities, like opening schools for uneducated men and hospitals for the
diseased. In this connection there is an instructive story called punar
misiko bhava, “Again Become a Mouse.” A mouse was very much
harassed by a cat, and therefore the mouse approached a saintly person to
request to become a cat. When the mouse became a cat, he was harassed
