1282 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 30
the time which he has at his disposal. A conditioned soul lives in a particu-
lar body for a fixed measurement of time, and it is recommended in the
scriptures that within that small measurement of time one has to finish
Krsna consciousness and thus gain release from the influence of the time
factor. But, unfortunately, those who are not in Krsna consciousness are
carried away by the strong power of time without their knowledge, as
clouds are carried by the wind.
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+ ay Tat gar |
da gatfe aaa gaestata eee Ul 2 1
yam yam artham upadatte
duhkhena sukha-hetave
tam tam dhunoti bhagavan
pumaii chocati yat-krte

yam yam—whatever; artham—object; upadatte—one acquires; duhkhena—
with difficulty; sukha-hetave—for happiness; tam tam—that; dhunoti—
destroys; bhagavian—the Surpeme Personality of Godhead; puman—the
person; Socati—laments; yat-krte—for which reason.

TRANSLATION

Whatever is produced by the materialist with great pain and labor for
so-called happiness, the Supreme Personality, as the time factor, destroys,
and for this reason the conditioned soul laments.

PURPORT

The main function of the time factor, which is a representative of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, is to destroy everything. The material-
ists, in material consciousness, are engaged in producing so many things
in the name of economic development. They think that by advancing in
satisfying the material needs of man they will be happy, but they forget
that everything they have produced will be destroyed in due course of
time. From history we can see that there were many powerful empires on
the surface of the globe that were constructed with great pain and great
perseverance, but in due course of time they have all been destroyed. Still
