Text 20] King Yayati Achieves Liberation 75
sciousness. Then one will be eligible to live in Vrndavana, and his life
will be successful.
TEXT 20
Bes FTAA FTA aaa afeaaq |
Aad AAT TTA ALA MACF [Roll
drstam Srutam asad buddhva
nanudhydayen na sandiset
samsrtim catma-ndsam ca
tatra vidvan sa dtma-drk

drstam—the material enjoyment we experience in our present life;
Srutam—material enjoyment as promised to the fruitive workers for
future happiness (either in this life or in the next, in the heavenly
planets and so on); asat—all temporary and bad; buddhvé—knowing;
na—not; anudhydyet—one should even think of; na—nor; sandiset—
should actually enjoy; sarisrtim—prolongation of material existence;
ca—and; dtma-nasam—forgetfulness of one’s own constitutional posi-
tion; ca—as well as; tatra—in such a subject matter; vidvan—one who
is completely aware; sah—such a person; dtma-drk—a self-realized
soul.

TRANSLATION

One who knows that material happiness, whether good or bad,
in this life or in the next, on this planet or on the heavenly planets,
is temporary and useless, and that an intelligent person should not
try to enjoy or even think of such things, is the knower of the self.
Such a self-realized person knows quite well that material happi-
ness is the very cause of continued material existence and forget-
fulness of one’s own constitutional position.

PURPORT

The living entity is a spiritual soul, and the material body is his en-

cagement. This is the beginning of spiritual understanding.
dehino ’smin yatha dehe
kauméram yauvanam jara
