204 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 4

“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in
any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and
thus comes to the spiritual platform.”’ By engaging one in devotional ser-
vice, the Krsna consciousness movement keeps one always transcenden-
tal to anger, greed, lust, envy and so forth. One must perform devotional
service because otherwise one will become victimized by the modes of
material nature,

TEXT 15
ms wag: fart Prana 7: |
eT AT TT HAT Tats HATTA 124A

alam dagdhair drumair dinaih
khilanam Sivam astu vah

varksi hy esa vara kanya
patnitve pratigrhyatam

alam—enough; dagdhaih—with burning; drumaih—the trees;
dinaih—poor; khilanadm—of the remainder of the trees; sivam—all
good fortune; astu—let there be; vah—of you; varksi—raised by the
trees; hi—indeed; esd—this; vard—choice; kanyaé—daughter;
patnitve—into wifehood; pratigrhyatam—let her be accepted.

TRANSLATION
There is no need to burn these poor trees any longer. Let what-
ever trees still remain be happy. Indeed, you should also be happy.
Now, here is a beautiful, well-qualified girl named Marisa, who was
raised by the trees as their daughter. You may accept this beautiful
girl as your wife.

TEXT 16
RIT TMA BMA JT |
A Ta TM TAT J TTTTaAT 12411

ity Gmantrya varadroham
kanydm apsarasim nrpa
