Text 27] The Behavior of a Perfect Person 113
manah-samsparsajan drstvd
bhogan svapsyami samvisan

sukham—happiness; asya—of him; atmanah—of the living entity;
rapam—the natural position; sarva—all; tha—material activities;
uparatih—completely stopping; tanuh—the medium of its manifesta-
tion; manah-samsparsa-jan—produced from demands for sense gra-
tification; drstud —after seeing; bhogan—sense enjoyment; svapsyami—
I am sitting silently, thinking deeply about these material activities;
sarvisan —entering into such activities.

TRANSLATION

The actual form of life for the living entities is one of spiritual
happiness, which is real happiness. This happiness can be achieved
only when one stops all materialistic activities. Material sense en-
joyment is simply imagination. Therefore, considering this subject
matter, I have ceased from all material activities and am lying down
here.

PURPORT

The difference between the philosophy of the Mayavadis and that of
the Vaisnavas is explained herein. Both the Mayavadis and Vaisnavas
know that in materialistic activities there is no happiness. The Mayavadi
philosophers, therefore, adhering to the slogan brahma satyam jagan
mithya, want to refrain from false, materialistic activities. They want to
stop all activities and merge in the Supreme Brahman. According to the
Vaisnava philosophy, however, if one simply ceases from materialistic
activity one cannot remain inactive for very long, and therefore everyone
should engage himself in spiritual activities, which will solve the
problem of suffering in this material world. It is said, therefore, that al-
though the Mayavadi philosophers strive to refrain from materialistic ac-
tivities and merge in Brahman, and although they may actually merge in
the Brahman existence, for want of activity they fall down again into ma-
terialistic activity (druhya krcchrena param padam tatah patanty
adhah). Thus the so-called renouncer, unable to remain in meditation
upon Brahman, returns to materialistic activities by opening hospitals
