200 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 4

satisfaction of any other identity, individual or collective (sarmsiddhir
hari-tosanam). In the Bhagavad-gita also the same principle is confirmed
(Bg. 9.27), and it is said there that whatever we may give in charity and
whatever we may observe in austerity must be given over to the Lord or be
done on His account only. The expert leaders of a godless human civili-
zation cannot bring about a fruitful result in all their different attempts at
educational advancement or economic development unless they are God
conscious. And to become God conscious one has to hear about the all-
auspicious Lord, as He is described in literature like the Bhagavad-gita and
Srimad-Bhdagavatam.

TEXT 18

SMART TTA: GATT: |
asd TIT AIPA:
DAleg TA TAM AAI

kirata-hiinandhra-pulinda-pulkasa
abhira-Sumbha yavanah khasadayah

ye nye ca papa yad-apdsrayasrayah
Sudhyanti tasmai prabhavisnave namah

kirata—a province of old Bharata; hina—part of Germany and Russia;
andhra—a province of Southern India; pulinda—the Greeks; pulkasah—
another province; dbhira—part of old Sindh; sumbhah—another province;
yavanah—the Turks; khasa-ddayah—the Mongolian Province; ye—even
those; anye—others; ca—also; paépah—addicted to sinful acts; yat—whose;
apdasraya-dsrayah—having taken shelter of the devotees of the Lord;
Sudhyanti—at once purified; tasmai—unto Him; prabhavisnave—unto the
powerful Visnu; namah—my respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

Kirata, Hina, Andhra, Pulinda, Pulkaga, Abhira, Sumbha, Yavana and
the Khasa races and even others who are addicted to sinful acts can be
purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord due to His being the
supreme power. | beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.
