Text 14] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 177
the benefits of Bhagavad-gita because by the omnipotency of the Lord he
achieves the transcendental bliss which vanquishes attachment and nullifies
all concomitant material miseries. @nly the devotee, by his factual ex-
perience, can understand the import of this verse spoken by Vidura. The
pure devotee of the Lord enjoys life by constantly remembering the lotus
feet of the Lord by hearing Krsna-katha. For such a devotee there is
no such thing as material existence, and the much advertised bliss of
brahmananda is like a fig for the devotee who is in the midst of the
transcendental ocean of bliss.
TEXT 14
a wat | Aaa |
OTTTAAT TELAT Nevill
tafic chocya-Socyan avido ’nusoce
hareh kathayam vimukhan aghena
ksinoli devo ’nimisas lu yesam
ayur urtha-vada-gali-smrlinam

tan—all those; socya—pitiable; socyan—of the pitiable; avidah—ignorant;
anusoce—| pity; hareh—of the Lord; kathayam—to the topics of; vimu-
khan—adverse; aghena—because of sinful activities; ksinoti—decaying;
devah—O sage; animisah—eternal time; tu—but; yesam—of whom; ayuh—
duration of life; vrthd@—uselessly ; vada—philosophical speculations; gati—
ultimate goal; smrtinam—of those following different rituals.

TRANSLATION

O sage, persons who, because of their sinful activities, are adverse to the
topics of Transcendence and thus are ignorant of the purpose of the
Mahabharata [Bhagavad-gita] are pitied by the pitiable. I also pity them
because I see how their duration of life is spoiled by eternal time while
they involve themselves in presentations of philosophical speculation,
theoretical ultimate goals of life, and different modes of ritual.

PURPORT

According to the modes of material nature, there are three kinds of

relationships between human beings and the Supreme Personality of
