Text 41] The Forest of Enjoyment 59

svanusthitasya dharmasya
samsiddhir hari-tosanam

It really doesn’t matter what activity a man engages in. If he can simply
satisfy the Supreme Lord, his life is successful.

TEXT 41

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karma-vallim avalambya tata a@padah kathavcin narakdd vimuktah
punar apy evam sarnsaradhvani vartamano nara-loka-sdrtham upayati
evam upari gato ‘pi.

karma-vallim—the creeper of fruitive activities; avalambya—taking
shelter of; tatah—from that; Gpadah—dangerous or miserable condi-
tion; kathancit—somehow or other; narakét—from the hellish condition
of life; vimuktah—being freed: punah api—again: evam—in this way:
samsdra-adhvani—on the path of material existence: vartamanah—ex-
isting: nara-loka-sa-artham—the field of self-interested material ac-
tivities; upaydati—he enters; evam—thus: upari—above (in the higher
planetary systems); gatah api—although promoted.

TRANSLATION

When the conditioned soul accepts the shelter of the creeper of
fruitive activity, he may be elevated by his pious activities to
higher planetary systems and thus gain liberation from hellish
conditions, but unfortunately he cannot remain there. After reap-
ing the results of his pious activities, he has to return to the lower
planetary systems. In this way he perpetually goes up and comes
down.

PURPORT
In this regard Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says:

brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru-krsna-prasdde paya bhakti-lata-bija
(Ce. Madhya 19.151)
