Text 7] Description of Adverse Fruitive Activities 1287

TEXT 7

RMA «|| TUSCAN
alae yal atata gawa: | oll

sandahyamana-sarvanga
esam udvahanadhina

karoty aviratam midho
duritani durasayah

sandah yamana—burning; sarva—all; angah—his limbs; esim—these family
members; udvahana—for maintaining; adhina—with anxiety; karoti—he
performs; aviratam—always; miidhah—the fool; duritani—sinful activities;
durasayah—evil-minded.

TRANSLATION

Although he is always burning with anxiety, such a fool always performs
all kinds of mischievous activities, with a hope which is never to be fulfilled,
in order to maintain his so-called family and society.

PURPORT

It is said that it is easier to maintain a great empire than to maintain a
small family, especially in these days, when the influence of Kali-yuga is so
strong that everyone is harassed and full of anxieties because of accepting
the false presentation of maya’s family. The family which we maintain is
created by maya; it is the perverted reflection of the family in Krsnaloka.
In Krsnaloka there are also family, friends, society, father and mother;
everything is there, but they are eternal. Here, as we change bodies, our
family relationships also change. Sometimes we are in a family of human
beings, sometimes in a family of demigods, sometimes a family of cats, or
sometimes a family of dogs. Family, society and friendship are flickering,
and so they are called asat. It is said that as long as we are attached to this
asat, temporary, nonexisting society and family, we are always full of
anxieties. The materialists do not know that the family, society and
friendship here in this material world are only shadows, and thus they
become attached. Naturally their hearts are always burning, but in spite of
all inconvenience, they still work to maintain such false families because
they have no information of the real family association with Krsna.
