CHAPTER THIRTY

Description by Lord Kapila
of Adverse Frultive Activities

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kapila uvaca
tasyaitasya jano ninam
nayam vedoru-vikramam
kalyamano ’pi balino
vayor iva ghanavalih

kapilah uvaca—Lord Kapila said; tasya etasya—of this very time factor;
janah—person; nunam—certainly; na—not; ayam—this; veda—knows; uru-
vikramam—the great strength ;kalyamanah—being carried off ;api—although;
balinah—powerful; vayoh—of the wind; iva—like; ghana—of clouds; avalih—
a mass.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead said: As a mass of clouds does not know
the powerful influence of the wind, so a person engaged in material con-
sciousness does not know the powerful strength of the time factor by
which he is being carried.

PURPORT

The great politician-pandita named Canakya said that even one moment
of time cannot be returned even if one is prepared to pay millions of
dollars. One cannot calculate the amount of loss there is in wasting valuable
time. Either materially or spiritually, one should be very alert in utilizing

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