Text 38] — Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 939

If a person, out of sentiment or for some other reason, takes to the
shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord and in due course of time does not
succeed in coming to the ultimate goal of life or falls down due to lack of
experience, there is no loss. But for a person who does not take to the
devotional service, yet executes his material duties very nicely, there is no
gain.

TEXT 38

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yasminn idam sad-asad-atmataya vibhati
maya viveka-vidhuti sraji vahi-buddhih

tam nitya-mukta-parigsuddha-visuddha-tattvam
pratyudha-karma-kalila-prakrtim prapadye

yasmin—in which; idam—this; sat-asat—the Supreme Lord and His
different energies; atmataya—being the root of all cause andeffect; vibhati—
manifests; maya—illusion; viveka-vidhuti—liberated by deliberate considera-
tion; sraji—on the rope; va—or; ahi—serpent; buddhih—intelligence; tam—
unto Him ;nitya—eternally; mukta—liberated; parisuddha—uncontaminated;
visuddha— pure; tattvam—truth; pratyudha— transcendental ; karma—fruitive
activities; kalila—impurities; prakrtim—situated in spiritual energy; pra-
pad ye—surrender.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead manifests Himself as one with the
cause and effect within this body and also as one who has transcended the
illusory energy. This clears the misconception of a snake for arope. Thus one
can understand that the Paramatma is eternally transcendental to the
material creation and situated in pure internal energy. Thus He is tran-
scendental to all material contamination. Unto Him only must one
surrender.

PURPORT

This verse is specifically stated to defy the Mayavada conclusion of one-
ness without differentiation between the individual soul and the Supersoul.
The Mayavada conclusion is that the living entity and the Supersoul are
