Text 28] What Prahlada Learned in the Womb W
yatha svapne Siras chedam
svayam krtvatmano vasah
tato duhkham avapyeta
tatha jdgarito "pi tu
Janann apy atmano duhkham
avasas tu pravartate
One must realize that the material condition of life is full of distresses.
One can realize this with purified intelligence. When one’s intelligence is
purified, he can understand that unwanted, temporary, material life is
just like a dream. Just as one suffers pain when his head is cut off in a
dream, in ignorance one suffers not only while dreaming but also while
awake. Without the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one
continues in ignorance and is thus subjected to material distresses in
various ways.
TEXT 28
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TerRahR: weed BHT Peo I
Tafrewt at: saTeaat Pra: Neel
tasmad bhavadbhih kartavyam
karmanam tri-gunatmanam
bija-nirharanam yogah
pravahoparamo dhiyah
tasmat—therefore; bhavadbhih—by your good selves; kartavyam—
to be done; karmandm—of all material activities; tri-guna-atmanam—
conditioned by the three modes of material nature; bija-nirharanam—
burning of the seed; yogah—the process by which one can be linked
with the Supreme; pravaha—of the continuous current in the form of
wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep; uparamah—the cessation;
dhiyah—of the intelligence.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, my dear friends, O sons of the demons, your duty is
to take to Krsna consciousness, which can burn the seed of fruitive
