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shoulder. In this way he tries to relieve himself of the burden. However,
whatever process he devises to counteract the burden does nothing more
than put the same burden from one place to another.
PURPORT

This is a good description of an attempt to transfer a burden from one
place to another. When one gets tired of keeping a burden on his head, he
will place it on his shoulder. This does not mean that he has become freed
from the strains of carrying the burden. Similarly, human society in the
name of civilization is creating one kind of trouble to avoid another kind
of trouble. In contemporary civilization we see that there are many auto-
mobiles manufactured to carry us swiftly from one place to another, but
at the same time we have created other problems. We have to construct so
many roads, and yet these roads are insufficient to cope with automobile
congestion and traffic jams. There are also the problems of air pollution and
fuel shortage. The conclusion is that the processes we manufacture to
counteract or minimize our distresses do not actually put an end to our
pains. It is all simply illusion. We simply place the burden from the head
to the shoulder. The only real way we can minimize our problems is to
surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and give ourselves up
to His protection. The Lord, being all-powerful, can make arrangements to
mitigate our painful life in material existence.

TEXT 34
Aaeaa: TATE: TATE FA Fray |
wi aftenqad aa am sa IRI
naikantatah pratikdrah
karmanam karma kevalam
dvayam hy avidyopasrtam
svapne svapna ivanagha

na~—never; ekantatah—ultimately ; pratik@rah—counteraction; karmanam
—of different activities; karma—another activity ; kevalam—only ; dvayam—
both; hi—because; avidya—due to illusion; upasrtam—accepted; svapne—
in a dream; svapnah—a dream; wa—like; anagha—O you who are free from
sinful activities.
