Text 25] Conversation Between Manu and Kardama 829
TRANSLATION
The Lord continued: My dear rgi, O leader of the living entities, for any-
one who serves Me in devotion by worshiping Me, especially persons like
you who have given up everything unto Me, there is never any question of
frustration.
PURPORT
Even if he has some desires, anyone engaged in the service of the Lord is
never frustrated. Those engaged in His service are called sakama and
akama. Those who approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead with
desires for material enjoyment are called sakama, and those devotees who
have no material desires for sense gratification but serve the Supreme Lord
out of spontaneous love for Him are called akama. Sakama devotees are
divided into four classes—those in distress, those in need of money, the
inquisitive and the wise. Someone worships the Supreme Lord because of
bodily or mental distress, someone else worships the Supreme Lord because
he is in need of money, someone else worships the Lord out of inquisitive-
ness to know Him as He is, and someone wants to know the Lord as a
philosopher can know Him, by the research work of his wisdom. There is
no frustration for any of these four classes of men; each is endowed with
the desired result of his worship.
TEXT 25
watsad: « TAAatearaaRS: |
HATTA ASITTT AAA TAHT ETT NWI
prajapati-sutah samran
manur vikhyata-mangalah
brahmavartam yo ‘dhivasan
Sdsti saptarnavam mahim
prajapati-sutah—the son of Lord Brahma;samrat—the Emperor; manuh—
Svayambhuva Manu; vikhyata—well known; mangalah—whose righteous
acts; brahmavartam—Brahmavarta; yah—he who; adhivasan—living in;
§asti—rules; sapta—seven ; arnavam—oceans; mahim—the earth.
TRANSLATION
The Emperor Svayambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahma, who is well
known for his righteous acts, has his seat in Brahmavarta and rules over the
earth with its seven oceans.
