Text 39] — Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 941
TEXT 39
TUNE THATS MTA FAT
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FAA TIE AAed Ara: |
aaa Raaan aagistt az-
MATAR Ast AMISAZ (13811
yat-pada-pankaja-palasa-vilasa-bhaktya
karmasayam grathitam udgrathayanti santah
tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo ‘pi ruddha-
srotoganas tam aranarh bhaja vasudevam

yat—whose; pdda—feet; pankaja—lotus; paldsa—petals or toes;
vilasa—enjoyment; bhaktya—by devotional service; karma—fruitive activi-
ties; asayam—desire; grathitam—hard knot; udgrathayanti—roots out;
santah— devotees; tat—that; vat—like; na—never; rikta-matayah—person de-
void of devotional service; yatayah—ever increasingly trying; api—even
though; ruddha—stopped; srotoganah—the waves of sense enjoyment;
tam—unto Him; aranam—worthy to take shelter; bhaja—engage in devo-
tional service; vasudevam—unto Krsna, the son of Vasudeva.

TRANSLATION

The devotees, who are always engaged in the service of the toes of the
lotus feet of the Lord, can very easily overcome hard-knotted desires for
fruitive activities. Because this is very difficult, the nondevotees—the jrianis
and yogis—although trying to stop the waves of sense gratification, cannot
do so. Therefore you are advised to engage in the devotional service of
Krsna, the son of Vasudeva.

PURPORT

There are three kinds of transcendentalists trying to overcome the
influence of the modes of material nature—the jianis, yogis and bhaktas.
All of them attempt to overcome the influence of the senses, which is
compared to the incessant waves of a river. The waves of a river flow
incessantly, and it is very difficult to stop them. Similarly, the waves of
desire for material enjoyment are so strong that they cannot be stopped
by any process other than bhakti-yoga. The bhaktas, by their transcenden-
tal devotional service unto the lotus feet of the Lord, become so over-
whelmed with transcendental bliss that automatically their desires for
