Text 37] The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata 67
described the material opulences of Maharaja Priyavrata, Sukadeva
Gosvami, in this verse, describes his tendency for renunciation.

The words devarsi-carandnusayana indicate that Maharaja
Priyavrata, having fully surrendered to the great sage Devarsi Narada,
was strictly following all the devotional processes and regulative prin-
ciples under his direction. In regard to strictly following the regulative
principles, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says; dandavat-pra-
ndmas tan anupatitah. By immediately offering obeisances (dandavat)
unto the spiritual master and by strictly following his directions, the stu-
dent becomes advanced. Maharaja Priyavrata was doing all these things
regularly.

As long as one is in the material world, he has to be under the in-
fluence of the modes of material nature (guna-visarga). It is not that
Maharaja Priyavrata was freed from material influence because he
possessed all material opulences. In this material world, both the very
poor man and the very rich man are under material influences, for both
wealth and poverty are creations of the modes of material nature. As
stated in Bhagavad-gita (3.27), prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani
sarvasah. According to the modes of material nature we acquire. the
material nature gives us facility for material enjoyment.

TEXT 37
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aho asadhv anusthitam yad abhinivesito "ham indriyair avidya-racita-
visama-visayandha-kiipe tad alam alam amusya vanitaya vinoda-
mrgam mam dhig dhig iti garhayam cakara.

aho—alas; asddhu—not good; anusthitam—executed: yat—because:
abhinivesitah—being completely absorbed: aham—I: indriyaih—for
sense gratification; avidya—by nescience: racita—made: visama—
causing distress; visaya—sense gratification: andha-kipe—in the dark
well; tat—that: alam—insignificant: alam—of no importance:
