Text 42] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions 403

yesdm—unto those only; sah—the Lord; esah—the; bhagavan—the Person-
alily of Godhead; dayayet—does bestow His mercy; anantah—the unlimi-
ted potential ; sarva-dt mand—by all means withoul reservation ; dsrita-padah
—surrendered soul; yadi—if such surrender; nirvyalikam—without preten-
tion; te—those only; dustaram—insurmountable; atitaranti—can overcome;
ca—and the paraphernalia; deva-mayam—diverse energies of the Lord; na—
not:esam—ol them; mama—mine;aham—myself; iti— thus; dhih—conscious;
sva—dogs; srgala—jackals; bhaksye—in the matter of eating.

TRANSLATION

But anyone who is specifically favored by the Supreme Lord, the
Personality of Godhead, due to unalloyed surrender unto the service of
the Lord, can overcome the insurmountable ocean of illusion and can
understand the Lord also. But those who are attached to this body, which
is meant to be eaten up at the end by dogs and jackals, cannot do so.

PURPORT

The unalloyed devotees of the Lord know the glories of the Lord in the
sense that they can understand how great the Lord is and how great is His
expansion of diverse energy. Those who are attached to the perishable
body can hardly enter into the realm of the science of Godhead. The whole
materialistic world, based on the conception of the material body as the
self, is ignorant of the science of God. The materialist is always busy work-
ing for the welfare of the material body, not only of his own but also that
of his children, kinsmen, communitymen, countrymen, etc. They have
many branches of philanthropic and altruistic activities from a political,
national, and international angle of vision, but none of the field work can
go beyond the jurisdiction of the misconception of identifying the
material body with the spirit soul. Unless, therefore, one is saved from the
wrong conception of the body and the soul, there is no knowledge of
Godhead, and unless there is knowledge of God, all advancement of mate-
rial civilization, however dazzling, should be considered to be a failure.
