220 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15
to be envious of anyone, he can naturally conquer anger. Similarly, one
can give up the desire to accumulate wealth simply by considering how
difficult it is to protect the money in one’s possession. If one keeps a large
amount of cash with him, he is always anxious about keeping it properly.
Thus if one discusses the disadvantages of accumulating wealth, he can
naturally give up business without difficulty.
TEXT 23
arian araatet ced TeTTTT |
TTT Aiea feet HATTA [RN
Gnviksikya soka-mohau
dambham mahad-upasaya
yogantarayan maunena
himsam kamdady-anihaya
anviksikya—by deliberation upon material and spiritual subject mat-
ters; Soka—lamentation; mohau—and illusion; dambham—false pride;
mahat—a Vaisnava; updsaya—by serving; yoga-antardyan—obstacles
on the path of yoga; maunena—by silence; himsam—envy; kama-
ddi—for sense gratification; anihaya —without endeavor.
TRANSLATION
By discussing spiritual knowledge one can conquer lamentation
and illusion, by serving a great devotee one can become prideless,
by keeping silent one can avoid obstacles on the path of mystic
yoga, and simply by stopping sense gratification one can conquer
envy.
PURPORT
If one’s son has died, one may certainly be affected by lamentation and
illusion and cry for the dead son, but one may overcome lamentation and
illusion by considering the verses of Bhagavad-gita.
jatasya hi dhruvo mrtyur
dhruvam janma mrtasya ca
