Text 4] Lord Visnu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena 767

cious; bhiitebhyah—toward other living beings; yarhi—because; na—never;
atma—the self or soul; kalevaram—this body.

TRANSLATION

O King, one who is advanced in intelligence and eager to perform wel-
fare activities for others is considered best amongst human beings. An ad-
vanced human being is never malicious to others. Those with advanced in-
telligence are always conscious that this material body is different from the
soul.

PURPORT

In daily life we find that when a madman commits murder, he is excused
even by a high-court judge. The idea is that a living entity is always pure
because he is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When
he falls into the clutches of material energy, he becomes a victim of the
three modes of material nature. Indeed, whatever he does, he does under
the influence of material nature. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

na kartrtvam na karmani
lokasya srjati prabhuh

na karma-phala-samyogam
svabhavas tu pravartate

“The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create
activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of
action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.” (Bg. 5.14)

Actually the living entity or soul does not do anything; everything is
done under the influence of the modes of material nature. When a man is
diseased, the symptoms of the disease become a source of all kinds of pain.
Those who are advanced in transcendental consciousness or Krsna con-
sciousness are never envious, neither of the soul nor of the activities of the
soul under the influence of material nature. Advanced transcendentalists
are called sudhiyah. Sudhi means intelligence, sudhi meanshighly advanced,
and sudhi means devotee. One who is both devoted and highly advanced in
intelligence does not take action against the soul or the body. If there is any
discrepancy , he forgives. It is said that forgiveness is a quality of those who
are advancing in spiritual knowledge.

TEXT 4

gen ate gatea caem zaareT |
AA oe at a AT TGATT UY II
