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Ebam grihesu saktanam pramattanam tadihaya
Atyakramad avijnatah kalah parama dustarah.
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Ebam—thus, Grihesu—in the matter of family affairs, Saktanam—of person too much attached, Pramattanam—insanely attached, Tadihaya—engrossed by such thoughts, Atyakramad—surpassed, Avijnatah—eternal time, Kalah—eternal time, Parama—supremely, Dustarah—insurmountable.
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Thus the insurmountable eternal time imperceptibly surpasses persons who are insanely too much attached in the matter of family affairs, for their being so engrossed in the thought.
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Family satisfaction that, I am now happy, I have got everything in order, my bank balance is quite enough, I can give my children now enough estate, I am now successful, the poor beggar Sannyasins depend on God but come to beg from me; therefore, I am more than the Supreme God (?) etc are some of the thoughts which engross the insanely attached householder who is blind to see the passing away of eternal time imperceptibly. Our duration of life is measured and nobody is able to enhance it even by a second against the scheduled time ordained by the Supreme Will. Such valuable time specially for the human being should be cautiously spent because even a second passed away imperceptibly cannot be replaced even in exchange of crores of golden coins amassed by hard labour of life. Every second of human life is meant for a making an ultimate solution of the problems of life i.e. repetition of birth and death and revolving in the cycle of 84 lacs of different species of life. The material body which is subject to birth and death, diseases and old age, is the cause of all sufferings of the living being; otherwise the living being is eternal: he is never born nor dies ever. Foolish person forgets this problem of life or does not know at all how to solve the problems of life but becomes engrossed in the temporary family affairs without knowing it that the eternal time is passing away imperceptibly and his measured duration of life is diminishing every second without any solution of the big problem namely repetition of birth and death, diseases and old age. This is called illusion.
#$p#But such illusion cannot work on one who is awake in devotional service of the Lord. Yudhisthir Maharaj or his brothers the Pandavas were all engaged in the service of the Lord Sri Krishna and they had very little attraction for the illusory happiness of this material world. As we have discussed previously, Maharaj Yudhisthir was fixed up in the service of the Lord Mukunda (Lord who can award salvation) and therefore he had no attraction even for such comforts of life as are available in the kingdom of heaven; because even the happiness obtained in the planet of Brahmaloka, is also temporary and illusory. Because the living being is eternal he can be happy only in the eternal abode of the Kingdom of God (Parabyoma) where going nobody comes back to this region of repetition of birth and death, diseases and old age. Therefore, any comforts of life or any material happiness, which does not warrant an eternal life is but illusion is for the eternal livng being. One, who understands this factually, is learned and such learned person can sacrifice any amount of material happiness for achieving the desired goal known as Brahmasukham or Absolute Happiness. Real transcendentalists are hungry about this happiness and as a hungry man cannot be made happy by all comforts of life minus foodstuff, so the hungry man for eternal Absolute Happiness cannot be detracted by any amount of material happiness. Therefore, the instruction described in this verse cannot be applied to Maharaj Yudhisthira or his brothers and mother but it was meant for persons like Dhritarastra for whom Vidura came specially for imparting lessons.
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#dl##dd#evaṁ gṛheṣu saktānāṁ#/dd#
#dd#pramattānāṁ tad-īhayā#/dd#
#dd#atyakrāmad avijñātaḥ#/dd#
#dd#kālaḥ parama-dustaraḥ#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=evam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#evam#/i# — thus; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gṛheṣu&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gṛheṣu#/i# — in the family affairs; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saktānām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saktānām#/i# — of persons who are too attached; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pramattānām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pramattānām#/i# — insanely attached; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tat-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=īhayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#īhayā#/i# — engrossed in such thoughts; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=atyakrāmat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#atyakrāmat#/i# — surpassed; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=avijñātaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#avijñātaḥ#/i# — imperceptibly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kālaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kālaḥ#/i# — eternal time; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=parama&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#parama#/i# — supremely; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dustaraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dustaraḥ#/i# — insurmountable.
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Insurmountable, eternal time imperceptibly overcomes those who are too much attached to family affairs and are always engrossed in their thought.
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"I am now happy; I have everything in order; my bank balance is quite enough; I can now give my children enough estate; I am now successful; the poor beggar #i#sannyāsīs#/i# depend on God, but they come to beg from me; therefore I am more than the Supreme God." These are some of the thoughts which engross the insanely attached householder who is blind to the passing of eternal time. Our duration of life is measured, and no one is able to enhance it even by a second against the scheduled time ordained by the supreme will. Such valuable time, especially for the human being, should be cautiously spent because even a second passed away imperceptibly cannot be replaced, even in exchange for thousands of golden coins amassed by hard labor. Every second of human life is meant for making an ultimate solution to the problems of life, i.e. repetition of birth and death and revolving in the cycle of 8,400,000 different species of life. The material body, which is subject to birth and death, diseases and old age, is the cause of all sufferings of the living being, otherwise the living being is eternal; he is never born, nor does he ever die. Foolish persons forget this problem. They do not know at all how to solve the problems of life, but become engrossed in temporary family affairs not knowing that eternal time is passing away imperceptibly and that their measured duration of life is diminishing every second, without any solution to the big problem, namely repetition of birth and death, disease and old age. This is called illusion.
#$p#But such illusion cannot work on one who is awake in the devotional service of the Lord. Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja and his brothers the Pāṇḍavas were all engaged in the service of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and they had very little attraction for the illusory happiness of this material world. As we have discussed previously, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was fixed in the service of the Lord Mukunda (the Lord, who can award salvation), and therefore he had no attraction even for such comforts of life as are available in the kingdom of heaven, because even the happiness obtained on the planet Brahmaloka is also temporary and illusory. Because the living being is eternal, he can be happy only in the eternal abode of the kingdom of God (#i#paravyoma#/i#), from which no one returns to this region of repeated birth and death, disease and old age. Therefore, any comfort of life or any material happiness which does not warrant an eternal life is but illusion for the eternal living being. One who understands this factually is learned, and such a learned person can sacrifice any amount of material happiness to achieve the desired goal known as #i#brahma-sukham#/i#, or absolute happiness. Real transcendentalists are hungry for this happiness, and as a hungry man cannot be made happy by all comforts of life minus foodstuff, so the man hungry for eternal absolute happiness cannot be satisfied by any amount of material happiness. Therefore, the instruction described in this verse cannot be applied to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira or his brothers and mother. It was meant for persons like Dhṛtarāṣṭra, for whom Vidura came especially to impart lessons.
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