100 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 13
TEXTS 16-17
fate wrt dard ater ata aT 112411
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fad Sataazat aim frazafic |
aifirat ag Fatsd Hat vats ATA 112011
bibharsi kayam pivanam
sodyamo bhogavan yatha
vittam caivodyamavatarmn
bhogo vittavatam iha
bhoginam khalu deho ’yari
piva bhavati ndnyatha
bibharsi—you are maintaining; kdyam—a body; pivanam—fat; sa-
udyamah—one who endeavors; bhogavdn—one who enjoys; yatha —as;
vittam—money; ca—also; eva—certainly; udyama-vatam—of persons
always engaged in economic development; bhogah—sense gratification;
vitta-vatam—for persons who possess considerable wealth; iha—in this
world; bhoginam—of the enjoyers, karmis; khalu—indeed; dehah—
body; ayam—this; piva—very fat; bhavati—becomes; na—not;
anyatha —otherwise.
TRANSLATION
Seeing the saintly person to be quite fat, Prahlada Maharaja said:
My dear sir, you undergo no endeavor to earn your livelihood, but
you have a stout body, exactly like that of a materialistic enjoyer. I
know that if one is very rich and has nothing to do, he becomes ex-
tremely fat by eating and sleeping and performing no work.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura did not like his disciples to
become very fat in the course of time. He would become very anxious
upon seeing his fat disciples becoming bhogis, or enjoyers of the senses.
This attitude is herewith confirmed by Prahlada Maharaja, who was
surprised to see a saintly person adopting djagara-vrtti and becoming
very fat. In the material world also, we generally see that when a man
