Text 2b] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1483

bhiittam bhavad bhavisyac ca
suptam sarva-raho-rahah

adrstam—future happiness; drsta-vat—like direct experience; nankset—
becomes vanquished; bhiitam—the material existence; svapna-vat—like a
dream; anyatha—otherwise; bhiitam—which happened in the past; bhavat—
present; bhavisyat—future; ca—also; suptam—a dream; sarva—of all; rahah-
rahah—the secret conclusion,

TRANSLATION

Everything happening within time, which consists of past, present and
future, is merely a dream. That is the secret understanding in all Vedic
literature.

PURPORT

Factually all of material existence is only a dream. Thus there is no
question of past, present or future. Persons who are addicted to karma-
kdnda-vicara, which means “‘working for future happiness through fruitive
activities,” are also dreaming. Similarly, past happiness and present happi-
ness are merely dreams. The actual reality is Krsna and service to Krsna,
which can save us from the clutches of maya, for the Lord says in
Bhagavad-gita (7.14), mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te:
“Those who surrender unto Me can easily cross beyond My illusory energy.”

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Twenty-
ninth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “Talks Between Narada
and King Pracinabarhi.”
