902 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 22

artificial material necessities. Dhyayato visayan  purmsah _ safigas
tesiipajayate (Bg. 2.62). When we forget our real constitutional position
and wish to enjoy the material resources, our material desires manifest,
and we associate with varieties of material enjoyment. As soon as the con-
coctions of material enjoyment are there, because of our association we
create a sort of lust or eagerness to enjoy them, and when that false enjoy-
ment does not actually make us happy, we create another illusion known
as anger, and by the manifestation of anger, the illusion becomes stronger.
When we are illusioned in this way, forgetfulness of our relationship with
Krsna follows, and by thus losing Krsna consciousness, our real intelligence
is defeated. In this way we become entangled in this material world.
In Bhagavad-gita it is said:

krodhad bhavati sammohah sarnmohat smrti-vibhramah
smrti-bhramsdad buddhi-naso buddhi-nasat pranasyati (Bg. 2.63)

By material association we lose our spiritual consciousness; consequently
there is the question of the auspicious and inauspicious. But those who are
atmarama or self-realized have transcended such questions. The atmaramas
or self-realized persons, gradually making further progress in spiritual bliss,
come to the platform of association with the Supreme Personality of God-
head. That is the perfection of life. In the beginning, the Kumaras were
self-realized impersonalists, but gradually they became attracted to the
personal pastimes of the Supreme Lord. The conclusion is that for those
who are always engaged in the devotional service of the Personality of
Godhead, the duality of the auspicious and inauspicious does nol arise.
Prthu Maharaja is therefore asking about auspiciousness not for the sake of
the Kumaras but for his own sake.

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tad aham krta-visrambhah
su-hrdo vas tapasvinam

samprceche bhava etasmin
ksemah kenaiijasa bhavet

tat—therefore; aham—1; krta-visrambhah—being completely assured; su-
hrdah—friend;vah—our; tapasvinam—suffering material pangs; sampreche—
wish to inquire; bhave—in this material world; etasmin—this; ksemah—
