76 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 19

tatha dehdantara-prdptir
dhiras tatra na muhyati

‘*As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to
youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The
self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.” (Bg. 2.13) The
real mission of human life is to get free from encagement in the material
body. Therefore Krsna descends to teach the conditioned soul about
spiritual realization and how to become free from material bondage.
Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bhdrata. The words dharmasya
glanih mean “pollution of one’s existence.” Our existence is now
polluted, and it must be purified (sattvam suddhyet). The human life is
meant for this purification, not for thinking of happiness in terms of the
external body, which is the cause of material bondage. Therefore, in this
verse, Maharaja Yayati advises that whatever material happiness we see
and whatever is promised for enjoyment is all merely flickering and tem-
porary. Abrahma-bhuvandl lokah punar dvartino ’rjuna. Even if one is
promoted to Brahmaloka, if one is not freed from material bondage one
must return to this planet earth and continue in the miserable condition
of material existence (bhitvd bhitvd praliyate). One should always keep
this understanding in mind so as not to be allured by any kind of sense
enjoyment, in this life or in the next. One who is fully aware of this truth
is self-realized (sa dtma-drk), but aside from him, everyone suffers in
the cycle of birth and death (mrtyu-sarsdra-vartmani). This under-
standing is one of true intelligence, and anything contrary to this is but a
cause of unhappiness. Krsna-bhakta— niskama, ataeva ‘santa.’ Only a
Krsna conscious person, who knows the aim and object of life, is
peaceful. All others, whether karmis, jfidnis or yogis, are restless and
cannot enjoy real peace.

TEXT 21
CTEM ATEN Sa aa A aa: |
TM Bad Tae rqege: 11221

ity uktva ndhuso jayam
tadiyam piirave vayah
