Text 36] — Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 933
in this verse, liberation, moksa, is stressed. The other three items are mate-
rial and therefore subject to destruction. Even if somehow we accumulate
a great bank balance in this life and possess many material things, every-
thing will be finished with death. In Bhagavad-gitd it is said that death is
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who ultimately takes away every-
thing acquired by the materialistic person. Foolishly we do not care for
this. Foolishly we are not afraid of death, nor do we consider that death
will take away everything acquired by the process of dharma, artha and
kama, By dharma, or pious activities, we may be elevated to the heavenly
planets, but this does not mean freedom from the clutches of birth, death,
old age and disease. The purport is that we can sacrifice our interests in
traivargya, religious principles, economic development and sense gratifica-
tion, but we cannot sacrifice the cause of liberation. Regarding liberation,
it is stated in Bhagavad-gitd: tyaktvd deham punar janma naiti (Bg. 4.9).
Liberation means that after giving up this body one does not have to accept
another material body. But to the impersonalists liberation means merging
into the existence of impersonal Brahman. But factually this is not moksa
because one has to again fall down into this material world from that im-
personal position. One should therefore seek the shelter of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and engage in His devotional service. That is real
liberation. The conclusion is that we should not stress pious activities, eco-
nomic development and sense gratification but should concern ourselves
with approaching Lord Visnu in His spiritual planets, of which the topmost
is Goloka Vrndavana where Lord Krsna lives. Therefore this Krsna con-
sciousness movement is the greatest gift for persons who are actually de-
siring liberation.
TEXT 36
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a aat fread santhahredfranhry 12411
pare ’vare ca ye bhava
guna-vyatikarad anu
na tesam vidyate ksemam
iSa-vidhvamsitasisam
pare—in the higher status of life; avare—in the lower status of life; ca—
and; ye—all those; bhavah—conceptions; guna—material qualities;
vyatikarat—by interaction; anu—following; na—never; tesam—of them;
vidyate—exist; ksemam—correction; tsa—the Supreme Lord; vidhvamsita—
destroyed; asisam—of the blessings.
