Text 18] Conversation Between Manu and Kardama 821

one should give up the conditional life of this material world and the
association of so-called civilized human beings who are simply following,
in a polished way, the same stereotyped principles of eating, sleeping,
defending and mating. Chanting and hearing of the glories of the Lord is
described here as tvad-guna-vada-sidhu. Only by drinking the nectar of
chanting and hearing the pastimes of the Lord can one forget the intoxica-
tion of material existence.

TEXT 18

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RITA WATS] Aad Mil

na te jaraksa-bhramir ayur esam
trayodasaram tri-Satam sasti-parva

san-nemy ananta-cchadi yat tri-pabhi
karala-sroto jagad acchidya dhavat

na—not; te—Your; ajara—of imperishable Brahman; aksa—on the axle;
bhramih—rotating; dyuh—span of life; esam—of the devotees; trayodasa—
thirteen; aram—spokes; tri-satam—three hundred; sasfi—sixty; parva—
functions; sas—six; nemi—rims; ananta—innumerable; chadi—leaves; yat—
which; tri—three; nabhi—naves; karala-srotah—with tremendous velocity;
jagat—the universe; dcchidya—cutting short; dhavat—running.

TRANSLATION

Your wheel, which has three naves, rotates around the axis of the im-
perishable Brahman. It has thirteen spokes, 360 joints, six rims and
numberless leaves carved upon it. Though its revolution cuts short the life
span of the entire creation, this wheel of tremendousvelocity cannot touch
the life span of the devotees of the Lord.

PURPORT

The time factor cannot affect the span of life of the devotees. In
Bhagavad-gita it is stated that a little execution of devotional service saves
one from the greatest danger. The greatest danger is transmigration of the
soul from one body to another, and only devotional service to the Lord
