Zz Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 14
both in this life and the next. Unless he does so. he eats a forbidden apple
and thereby loses his paradise. Lord Sri Krsna therefore advises that
one's possessions should be given unto Him.
yat karosi yad asndasi
yaj juhosi dadasi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kurusva mad-arpanam
~O son of Kunti. all that you do, all that you eat. all that you offer and
give away. as well as all austerities that you may perform. should be done
as an offering unto Me.” (Bg. 9.27) Material wealth and opulence at-
tained through previous pious activities can be fully utilized for one’s
benefit in this life and the next if one is Krsna conscious. One should not
try to possess more than he needs for the bare necessities. If one gets
more than is needed, the surplus should be fully engaged in the Lord’s
service. That will make the conditioned soul. the world and Krsna happy.
and this is the aim of life.
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ekadasat-prasangan nikrta-matir vyudaka-srotah-skhalanavad
ubhayato ‘pi duhkhadam pakhandam abhiyati.
ekada—sometimes: asat-prasangat—by association of nondevotees
who are against the Vedic principles and who manufacture different
paths of religion; nikrta-matih—whose intelligence has been brought to
the abominable status of defying the authority of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead: vyudaka-srotah—into rivers without sufficient
water; skhalana-vat—like jumping: ubhayatah—from both sides:
api—although; duhkha-dam—giving distress: pakhandam—the
atheistic path; abhiyati—he approaches.
TRANSLATION
Sometimes, to mitigate distresses in this forest of the material
world, the conditioned soul receives cheap blessings from atheists.
