2016-11-29 Srimad Bhagavatam 10.87.32 - Principle of Being Enjoyed by Krishna (download mp3) by Haridas Thakur Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty www.iskcondesiretree.com SB 10.87.32nrsu tava mayaya bhramam amisv avagatya bhrsam tvayi su-dhiyo ’bhave dadhati bhavam anuprabhavamkatham anuvartatam bhava-bhayam tava yad bhru-kutih srjati muhus tri-nemir abhavac-charanesu bhayam Translation: The wise souls who understand how Your Maya deludes all human beings render potent loving service to You, who are the source of liberation from birth and death. How, indeed, can fear of material life affect Your faithful servants? On the other hand, Your furrowing eyebrows — the triple-rimmed wheel of time — repeatedly terrify those who refuse to take shelter of You. Purport: The Vedas reveal their most cherished secret — devotional service to the Personality of Godhead — only to those who are tired of material illusion, which is based on a false sense of independence from the Lord. The Vajasaneyi-samhita (32.11) of the White Yajur Veda contains the following mantra: paritya bhutani paritya lokan paritya sarvah pradiso disas caupasthaya prathama-jamrtasya- tmanatmanam abhisamvivesa “After passing beyond all the species of life, all the planetary systems and all the limits of space in all directions, one approaches the original Soul of immortality. Then one receives the opportunity to enter permanently into His domain and worship Him with personal service.” The proponents of various contending materialistic philosophies may consider themselves very wise, but they are in fact all deluded by the Supreme Lord’s Maya. Vaisnavas recognize this pattern of general delusion and submit themselves to the Supreme Lord in the devotional moods of servitude, friendship and so on. Instead of the heat and strife of philosophical quarrel, the pure Vaisnavas experience only delight at every moment, because the object of their love is He who brings an end to material entanglement. And the devotees of Lord Visnu enjoy constant pleasure not only in this life but in future lives. In whatever births they take, they enjoy loving reciprocations with the Lord. Thus the sincere Vaisnava prays: natha yoni-sahasresu yesu yesu bhramamy ahamtatra tatracyuta bhaktir acyutastu drdha tvayi “Wherever I may wander, O master, among thousands of species of life, in each situation may I have firmly fixed devotion to You, O Acyuta.” (Visnu Purana) Some philosophers will question how the Vaisnavas can overcome their material entrapment without thorough analytic knowledge of the entities tvam (“you,” the jiva) and tat (“that,” the Supreme), and without developing a sufficient hatred of material life. The personified Vedas here answer that there is no chance of material illusion continuing to act on devotees of the Lord because even in the earliest stages of devotional service all fear and attachment are removed by the Lord’s grace. Time is the root cause of all fear in this world. Indeed, with its three divisions of past, present and future it creates terror at the prospect of impending disease, death and hellish suffering — but only for those who have failed to obtain shelter at the feet of the Supreme Lord. As the Lord Himself says in the Ramayana (Lanka-khanda 18.33): sakrd eva prapanno yas tavasmiti ca yacateabhayam sarvada tasmai dadamy etad vratam mama “To whomever even once surrenders to Me, pleading ‘I am Yours,’ I give eternal fearlessness. This is my solemn vow.” Furthermore, in the Bhagavad-gita (7.14) the Lord says: daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya duratyayamam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te “This divine energy of Mine consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.” Vaisnavas do not like to waste their time in prolonged and fruitless wrangling over dry philosophic subjects. They would rather worship the Personality of Godhead than quarrel with philosophical adversarie