Text 5] Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet 705

TEXT 5

AAAS At SfraTNATOMA BAY |

TARA RTH MONT TA? TA? 14 I

tan anddrtya yo ‘vidvan
arthdn drabhate svayam

tasya vyabhicaranty artha
drabdhds ca punah punah

tan—those; anddrtya—neglecting; yah—anyone who; avidvan—rascal;
arthan—schemes; adrabhate—begins; svayam—personally ; tasya—his; vyabhi-
caranty—do not become successful; arthah—purposes; arabdhah—altempted;
ca—and; punah punah—again and again.

TRANSLATION

A foolish person who manufactures his own ways and means through
mental speculation and does not recognize the authority of the sages who
lay down unimpeachable directions is simply unsuccessful again and again
in his attempts.

PURPORT

At the present moment it has become fashionable to disobey the unim-
peachable directions given by the @cdaryas and liberated souls of the past.
Presently people are so fallen that they cannot distinguish between a
liberated soul and a conditioned soul. A conditioned soul is hampered by
four defects: he is sure to commit mistakes, he is sure to become
illusioned, he has a tendency to cheat others, and his senses are imperfect.
Consequently we have to take direction from liberated persons. This Krsna
consciousness movement directly receives instructions from the Supreme
Personality of Godhead via persons who are strictly following His instruc-
tions. Although a follower may not be a liberated person, if he follows the
supreme liberated Personality of Godhead, his actions are naturally liberated
from the contamination of the material nature. Lord Caitanya therefore
says: ‘By My order you may become a spiritual master.’’ One can imme-
diately become a spiritual master by having full faith in the transcendental
words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and by following His instruc-
tions. Materialistic men are not interested in taking directions from a
liberated person, but they are very much interested in their concocted
