Text 22] Entanglement in Fruitive Activities 1387
tatas te ksina-sukrtah
punar lokam imam sati
patanti vivasa devaih
sadyo vibhramsitodayah
tatah—then; te—they; ksina—exhausted; su-krtah—results of their pious
activities; punah—again; lokam imam-—to this planet; sati-O virtuous
mother; patanti—fall; vivasah—helpless; devaih—by higher arrangement;
sadyah—suddenly; vibhramsita—caused to fall; udayah—their prosperity.
TRANSLATION
When the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they fall down
by higher arrangement and again come back to this planet, just as any
person raised to a high position sometimes all of a sudden falls.
PURPORT
It is sometimes found that a person elevated to a very high position in
government service falls down all of a sudden, and no one can check him.
Similarly, after finishing their period of enjoyment, foolish persons who
are very much interested in being elevated to the position of President in
higher planets also fall down to this planet. The distinction between the
elevated position of a devotee and that of an ordinary person attracted to
fruitive activities is that when a devotee is elevated to the spiritual king-
dom he never falls down, whereas an ordinary person falls, even if he is
elevated to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka. It is confirmed in
Bhagavad-gita (abrahma-bhuvanal lokah) that even if one is elevated to a
higher planet he has to come down again. But Krsna confirms in
Bhagavad-gita, mam upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate
(Bg. 8.16): ‘““Anyone who attains My abode never comes back to this
conditioned life of material existence.”
TEXT 22
Tad TT a THR |
FRTMATT AFT AAATTIAPAAZ URI
tasmat tvar sarva-bhavena
bhajasva paramesthinam
