Text 14] Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 901
persons whose only aim is to satisfy the senses. They are also described as
patitanam, or fallen. Only one who stops all activities for sense gratifica-
tion is considered to be elevated. Another significant word is sva-karmabhih.
One becomes fallen by dint of his own past bad activities. Everyone is
responsible for his fallen condition because of his own activities. When
activities are changed to devotional Service, one’s auspicious life begins.
TEXT 14
ATS FIA AEMTAT Ara |
HUSH TT A afer Atay: 1eevll
bhavatsu kusala-prasna
atmaramesu nesyate
kusalakusala yatra
na santi mati-urttayah
bhavatsu—unto you; kusala—good fortune; prasnah—question; atma-
ramesu—one wh, is always engaged in spiritual bliss; nesyate—there is no
need of; kusala—good fortune; akusalah—inauspiciousness; yalra— where; na—
never; santi—exists; mati-urttayah—mental concoction.
TRANSLATION
Prthu Maharaja continued: My dear sirs, there is no need to ask about
your good and bad fortune because you are always absorbed in spiritual
bliss. The mental concoction of the auspicious and inauspicious does not
exist in you.
PURPORT
In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said:
‘dvaile’ bhadrabhadra-jiiana, saba—‘manodharma’
‘ei bhala, ei manda;—ei saba ‘bhrama.’ (Ce. Antya 4.176)
In this material world the auspicious and inauspicious are simply mental
concoctions because such things exist only due to association with the
material world. This is called illusion or dtma-mayd. We think ourselves
created by material nature exactly as we think ourselves experiencing so
many things in a dream. The spirit soul is, however, always transcendental.
There is no question of becoming materially covered. This covering is
simply something like a hallucination or a dream. In Bhagavad-gitd it is also
said, safigat sanjayate kamah (Bg. 2.62). Simply by association we create
