34. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 14
to material sense gratification, and they cannot appreciate the miserable
condition of material life, neither in this life nor in the next. Therefore
the Vedas enjoin that one should awaken to spiritual consciousness and
utilize all his activities to attain the favor of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. The Lord Himself says in Bhagavad-gita (9.27):
yat karosi yad asnasi
yay 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.”

The results of all one’s activities should be utilized not for sense
gratification but for the mission of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Supreme Lord gives all information in Bhagavad-gita about the aim
of life. and at the end of Bhagavad-gita He demands surrender unto
Him. People do not generally like this demand, but one who cultivates
spiritual knowledge for many births eventually surrenders unto the lotus
feet of the Lord (bahiinarh janmanam ante jrdnavan mam prapadyate).

TEXT 24
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gem ae amar snfeafe deci frafia
crate: Il 2e I
muktas tato yadi bandhad devadatta upacchinatti tasmad api visnumitra
ity anavasthitih.

muktah—liberated:; tatah—from that: yadi—if; bandhat—from the
government imprisonment or being beaten by the protector of the
woman; deva-dattah—person named Devadatta: updcchinatti—takes
the money from him; tasmat—from the person named Devadatta: api—
again; vismu-mitrah—a person named Visnumitra: iti—thus:
anavasthitih—the riches do not stay in one place but pass from one hand
to another.
