Text 32] The Behavior of a Perfect Person 121

fear; alabdha-nidranam—who are suffering from insomnia; sarvatah —
from all sides; abhivisarkinadm—being particularly afraid.

TRANSLATION

The brahmana continued: | am actually seeing how a rich man,
who is a victim of his senses, is very greedy to accumulate wealth,
and therefore suffers from insomnia due to fear from all sides,
despite his wealth and opulence.

PURPORT

Greedy capitalists accumulate wealth under so many miserable condi-
tions, the result being that because they collect money by questionable
means, their minds are always agitated. Thus they are unable to sleep at
night, and they have to take pills for mental tranquility to invite sleep.
And sometimes even the pills are a failure. Consequently the result of
having accumulated money by so much labor is certainly not happiness,
but only distress. What is the value of acquiring a comfortable position if
one’s mind is always disturbed? Narottama dasa Thakura has therefore
sung:

samsara-bisanale, dibanisi hiya jvale,

Judaite na kainu upaya

“Tl am suffering from the poisonous effect of material enjoyment. Thus
my heart is always burning and is almost on the verge of failure.” The
result of the greedy capitalist’s unnecessary accumulation of wealth is
that he must suffer from a blazing fire of anxiety and always be con-
cerned with how to save his money and invest it properly to get more and
more. Such a life is certainly not very happy, but because of the spell of
the illusory energy, materialistic persons engage in such activities.

As far as our Krsna consciousness movement is concerned, we are get-
ting money naturally, by the grace of God, by selling our literature. This
literature is not sold fpr our sense gratification; to spread the Krsna con-
sciousness movement we need so many things, and Krsna is therefore
supplying us the requisite money to advance this mission. The mission of
Krsna is to spread Krsna consciousness all over the world, and for this
