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enjoying can never be successful. The example given here is very ap-
propriate. One cannot stop a blazing fire by trying to extinguish it with
butter.
TEXT 15
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yada na kurute bhavam
sarva-bhiitesv amangalam
sama-drstes tadd pummsah
sarvah sukhamaya disah

yadé—when; na—not; kurute—does; bhavam—a different attitude
of attachment or envy; sarva-bhiitesu—to all living entities;
amargalam—inauspicious; sama-drsteh—because of being equipoised;
tada—at that time; pumsah—of the person; sarvah—all; sukha-
mayah—in a happy condition; disah—directions.

TRANSLATION

When a man is nonenvious and does not desire ill fortune for
anyone, he is equipoised. For such a person, all directions appear
happy.

PURPORT

Prabodhananda Sarasvati said, visvam piirna-sukhdyate: when one
becomes Krsna conscious by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, for him the en-
tire world appears happy, and he has nothing for which to hanker. On
the brahma-bhiita stage, or the platform of spiritual realization, there is
no lamentation and no material hankering (na Socati na kanksati). As
long as one lives in the material world, actions and reactions will con-
tinue, but when one is unaffected by such material actions and reactions,
he is to be considered free from the danger of being victimized by
material desires. The symptoms of those who are satiated with lusty
desires are described in this verse. As explained by Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura, when one is not envious even of his enemy, does
