Text 29] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 237

tional existence the time element, like a snake, is always looking for an
opportunity to strike. This world is full of ditches of so-called distress and
happiness, and there are many ferocious animals always ready to attack.
The fire of lamentation is always blazing, and the mirage of false happiness
is always alluring, but one has no shelter from them. Thus foolish persons
live in the cycle of birth and death, always overburdened in discharging
their so-called duties, and we do not know when they will accept the
shelter of Your lotus feet.

PURPORT

Persons who are nol in Krsna consciousness are living a very precarious
life, as described in this verse, but all these circumstantial conditions are
due to forgetfulness of Krsna. The Krsna consciousness movement is
meant to give relief to all these bewildered and distressed persons; therefore
it is the greatest relief work for all human society, and the workers thereof
are the greatest well-wishers, for they follow in the footsteps of Lord
Caitanya, who is the greatest friend to all living entities.

TEXT 29
Ce TNF

we ae aremafareahaarl

aft gfafirahactarenny |
aft daatra mfrastasaig

Ae TOY TACTTAMET 1121

rudra uvaca
tava varada varanghrav asisehakhilarthe
hy api munibhir asaktair adarenarhantye
yadi racita-dhiyam mavidya-loko ’paviddham
japati na ganaye tat tvat-paranugrahena

rudrah uvdca—Lord Siva said; tava— Y our; varada—O supreme benefactor;
vara-anghrau—precious lotus feet; dsisa—by desire; itha—in the material
world; akhila-arthe—for fulfillment; hi api—certainly; munibhih—by the
sages; asak tath—liberated; @darepa—with care; arhaniye—worshipable; yadi—
if; racita-dhiyam—mind fixed; ma—me; avidya-lokah—the ignorant persons;
apaviddham—unpurified activity; japati—utters; na ganaye—don’t value;
tat—it; tvat-para-anugrahena—by compassion like Y ours.
