192 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 5

back to Godhead means to reject this material world. Although we cannot
understand the functions of this material world and whether it is good
for us or bad for us, in accordance with the advice of the supreme au-
thority we must reject it and go back home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 44

AMS AM SIMA

ausraramagacaa |
aig ARs aati
AMAA «= AATF [I ¥vill

namo ’stu tasmaé upasanta-saktaye
svdrajya-labha-pratipiritatmane
gunesu mayd-racitesu vurttibhir
na sajjamanaya nabhasvad-ititaye

namah—our respectful obeisances; astu—let there be; tasmai—unto
Him; upasanta-saktaye—who does not endeavor to achieve anything
else, who is free from restlessness; svdrajya—completely independent;
labha—of all gains; pratipirita—fully achieved; atmane—unto the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; gunesu—of the material world, which
is moving because of the three modes of nature; mdyd-racitesu—things
created by the external energy; vurttibhih—by such activities of the
senses; na sajjiamanaya—one who does not become attached, or one who
is above material pains and pleasures; nabhasvat—the air; dtaye—unto
the Lord, who has created this material world as His pastime.

TRANSLATION

Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, who is completely silent, free from endeavor,
and completely satisfied by His own achievements. He is not at-
tached to the activities of the material world through His senses.
Indeed, in performing His pastimes in this material world, He is
just like the unattached air.
