Text 11] Description of Adverse Fruitive Activities 129]

in getting money by hook or by crook for the maintenance of his family,
he cannot enjoy more than what he could consume even without such
criminal activities. A man who eats eight ounces of foodstuffs may have
to maintain a big family and earn money by any means to support that
family, but he himself is not offered more than what he can eat, and
sometimes he eats the remnants that are left after his family members are
fed. Even by earning money by unfair means, he cannot enjoy life for
himself. That is called the covering illusion of maya.

The process of illusory service to society, country and community is
exactly the same everywhere; the same principle is applicable even to big
national leaders. A national leader who is very great in serving his country
is sometimes killed by his countrymen because of irregular service. In
other words, one cannot satisfy his dependents by this illusory service,
although one cannot get out of the service because servant is his constitu-
tional position. A living entity is constitutionally part and parcel of the
Supreme Being, but he forgets that he has to render service to the Supreme
Being and diverts his attention to serve others; this is called maya. By
serving others he falsely thinks that he is master. The head of a family
thinks of himself as the master of the family, or the leader of a nation
thinks of himself as the master of the nation, whereas actually he is
serving, and by serving maya he is gradually going to hell. Therefore, a
sane man should come to the point of Krsna consciousness and engage
in the service of the Supreme Lord, applying his whole life, all of his
wealth, his entire intelligence and his full power of speaking.

TEXT 11
aA STATATATNEATT Ga? Fa! |
ag Ferere: Tees HVA TENT 12 211

vartayam lupyamanayam
drabdhayam punah punah

lobhabhibhito nihsattvah
pararthe kurute sprham

vartayam—when his occupation; lupyamanayam—is hampered;
arabdhayam—undertaken; punah punah—again and again; lobha—ley greed;
abhibhiitah—overwhelmed; nihsattvah—ruined; para-arthe—for the wealth of
others; kurute sprham—he longs.
