114 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 13
and schools and so on. Therefore, simply cultivating knowledge that ma-
terialistic activities cannot give one happiness, and that one should con-
sequently cease from such activities, is insufficient. One should cease
from materialistic activities and take up spiritual activities. Then the
solution to the problem will be achieved. Spiritual activities are activ-
ities performed according to the order of Krsna (dnukilyena
krsndnusilanam). If one does whatever Krsna says, his activities are not
material. For example, when Arjuna fought in response to the order of
Krsna, his activities were not material. Fighting for sense gratification is
a materialistic activity, but fighting by the order of Krsna is spiritual. By
spiritual activities one becomes eligible to go back home, back to God-
head, and then enjoy blissful life eternally. Here, in the material world,
everything is but a mental concoction that will never give us real happi-
ness. The practical solution, therefore, is to cease from materialistic ac-
tivities and engage in spiritual activities. Yajidrthat karmano ‘nyatra
loko ’yam karma-bandhanah. If one works for the sake of pleasing the
Supreme Lord— Yajiia, or Visnu—one is in liberated life. If one fails to
do so, however, he remains in a life of bondage.
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TTI A: Gl Bed eTeT sg TAT |
fafrarrata 23 staaratta dary Rll
ity etad dtmanah svartham
santam vismrtya vai puman
vicitram asati dvaite
ghordm apnoti sarnsrtim

iti—in this way; etat—a person materially conditioned; dtmanah—of
his self; sva-artham—own interest; santam—existing within oneself;
vismrtya—forgetting; vai—indeed; pumdn—the living _ entity;
vicitram—attractive false varieties; asati—in the material world;
dvaite—other than the self; ghoram—very fearful (due to continuous
acceptance of birth and death); apnoti—one becomes entangled;
samsrtim—in material existence.
