Texts 36-37] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1409

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Mirada awd ae A TATE Rol!

athatmano ’rtha-bhittasya
yato ’nartha-parampara

samsrtis tad-vyavacchedo
bhaktyd paramaya gurau

vasudeve bhagavati
bhakti-yogah samahitah

sadhricinena vairagyam
jiidnam ca janayisyati

atha—therefore; atmanah—of the living entity; artha-bhitasya—having
his real interest; yatah—from which; anartha—of all unwanted things;
parampara—a series one after another; samsrtih— material existence; tat—of
that; vyavacchedah—stopping; bhaktya—by devotional service; paramaya—
unalloyed; gurau—unto the Supreme Lord or His representative; vasudeve—
Vasudeva; bhagavati-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhakti-
yogah—devotional service; samahitah—applied; sadhricinena—completely ;
vairagyam—detachment; jfidnam—full knowledge; ca—and; janayisyati—will
cause to become manifest.

TRANSLATION

The real interest of the living entity is to get out of the nescience that
causes him to endure repeated birth and death. The only remedy is to
surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead through His represen-
tative. Unless one renders devotional service unto the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Vasudeva, he cannot possibly become completely detached
from this material world, nor can he possibly manifest real knowledge.

PURPORT

This is the way to become detached from the artificial material condition.
The only remedy is to take to Krsna consciousness and constantly engage
in the devotional service of Lord Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Everyone is trying to be happy, and the process adopted to
achieve that happiness is called self-interest. Unfortunately the conditioned
soul hovering within this material world does not know that his ultimate
