1408 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 29

arthe—factual cause; hi—certainly; avidyamane—not existing; api—al-
though; sarhsrtth— material existence; na—not; nivartate—ceases; manasd—
by the mind; litga-rijpena—by subtle form; svapne—in a dream; vicaratah—
acting; yathad—as.
TRANSLATION

Sometimes we suffer because we see a tiger in a dream or a snake in a
vision, but actually there is neither a tiger nor a snake. Thus we create
some situation in a subtle form and suffer the consequences. These suffer-
ings cannot be mitigated unless we are awakened from our dream.

PURPORT

As stated in the Vedas, the living entity is always separate from two
kinds of material bodies—the subtle and the gross. All our sufferings are
due to these material bodies. This is explained in Bhagavad-gita:

matra-sparsds tu kaunte ya
Sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah
dgamapayino ’nityds
tans titiksasva bharata

“O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress,
and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disap-
pearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception,
O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being
disturbed.” (Bg. 2.14)

Lord Krsna thus informed Arjuna that all the distresses brought about
by the body come and go. One has to learn how to tolerate them. Material
existence is the cause of all our sufferings, for we do not suffer once we
are out of the material condition. The Vedas therefore enjoin that one
should factually understand that he is not material but is actually Brahman,
(aham brahmasmi). This understanding cannot be fully realized unless one
is engaged in Brahman activities, namely devotional service. To get free
from the material conditions, one has to take to Krsna consciousness. That
is the only remedy.

TEXTS 36-37
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