Text 44] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 259

TEXT 44
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aT AI BHaITS ay
SA AMEtas TAfrecta: Fs |
faraisaafsraaisa arate
PAHAMTA ITH TZ MYT Vell

vidyadhara ucuh
tvan-mayayartham abhipadya kalevare ’smin
krtva mamaham iti durmatir utpathaih svaih
ksipto ‘py asad-visaya-lalasa atma-moham
yusmat-kathamrta-nisevaka ud vyudasyel

vid yadharah—the Vid yadharas; ticuh—said; tvat-mayaya—by Y our external
potency; artham—the human body; abhipadya—after obtaining; kalevare—
in the body; asmin—in this; kriva—having misidentified; mama—mine;
aham—1; iti—thus; durmatih—the ignorant person; ulpathaith—by wrong
roads; svaih—by one’s own belongings; ksiptah—distracted; api—even;
asal—ltemporary; visaya-lalasah—having his happiness in sense objects;
atma-moham—the illusion of the body as the self; yusmat— Your; katha—
lopics; amrta—nectar; nisevakah—relishing; ut—from a long distance;
vyudasyel—can be delivered.

TRANSLATION

The Vidyadharas said: Dear Lord, this human form of body is for
attaining the highest perfectional objective, but, impelled by Your external
energy, the living entity misidentifies himself with his body and with the
material energy, and, therefore, influenced by maya, he wants to become
happy by material enjoyment. He is misled and is always attracted by
temporary, illusory happiness. But Your transcendental activities are so
powerful that if one engages in the hearing and chanting of such topics, he
can be delivered from illusion.

PURPORT

The human form of life is called arthadam because the body can very
nicely help the embodied soul to achieve the highest perfection. Prahlada
Maharaja said that even though it is temporary, the body can give us the
