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Athaba asya padambhoja makarandaliham satam
Kimanyaih asada alapair ayuso yad asadbyam.
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Athaba—otherwise, Asya—of Him (Lord Krishna's), Padambhoja—lotus feet, Makaaradaliham—of the those who lick up the honey out of such lotus flower, Satam—of those who are to exist eternally. Kimanyair—what is the use of anything else, Asad-illusory, Alapair—topics, Ayuso—of the duration of life, Yad—that which is, Asadbyam—unnecessary waste of life.
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Alternatively if they are related with the devotess of the Lord who are accustomed to lick up the honey available from the lotus feet of the Lord; otherwise what is the use of such topics which are simply meant for waste of the duration of valuable life.
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Lord Krishna and His devotees both are on the trancendental plane therefore, the quality of the topics of Lord Krishna or that of his pure devotess are equally good. The battle of Kurukshetra is full of politics and diplomacy but because the topics are related with Lord Krishna therefore the Bhagwat Geeta is adored all over the world. There is no need of eradicating politics economics sociology etc which are mundane to the mundaners but to a pure devotee who is actually related with the Lord, such mundane things are transcendental if dovetailed with the Lord or with His pure devotee. We have so far heard and talked about the activities of the Pandavas and we are dealing with the topics of Maharaj Parikshit but because all such topics are related with the Lord Sri Krishna they are all transcendental talks and pure devotees have every interest in hearing them. We have already discussed this matter in connection with the prayers of Bhismadeva.
#$p#Our duration of life is not very long and there is no certainty when we shall be ordered to leave everything for the next stage. As such it is our duty to see that not a moment even of our life is wasted in topic which are not related with Lord Krishna. Any topics however pleasant is not worth hearing if such topic is devoid of the relation of Krishna.
#$p#Explanation of the lotus feet of Lord Krishna is that the spiritual planet Goloka Vrindaban, eternal abode of Lord Krishna, is shaped like a the whorl of a lotus flower, Even when the Lord descends on anyone of the mundane planes, He does so by manifesting His own abode as it is. As such His feet remain always on the same big whorl of lotus flower and His feet are also as beautiful as the lotus flower.
#$p#A living being is eternal by constitution. He is so to say in the whirlpool of birth and death on account of his contact with material energy. Freed from such material energy a living entity is liberated and is eligible for returning back to home back to Godhead. Those who want to live forever without any change of material body, may not waste valuable time of life in any other topics except in those relating to Lord Krishna and His devotees.
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=athavā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#athavā#/i# — otherwise; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asya#/i# — of His (Lord Kṛṣṇa's); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pada&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pada-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ambhoja&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ambhoja#/i# — lotus feet; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=makaranda&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#makaranda-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=lihām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#lihām#/i# — of those who lick the honey from such a lotus flower; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=satām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#satām#/i# — of those who are to exist eternally; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kim #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anyaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anyaiḥ#/i# — what is the use of anything else; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asat#/i# — illusory; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ālāpaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ālāpaiḥ#/i# — topics; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āyuṣaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āyuṣaḥ#/i# — of the duration of life; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yat#/i# — that which is; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asat-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vyayaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vyayaḥ#/i# — unnecessary waste of life.
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The devotees of the Lord are accustomed to licking up the honey available from the lotus feet of the Lord. What is the use of topics which simply waste one's valuable life?
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Lord Kṛṣṇa and His devotees are both on the transcendental plane; therefore the topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa and of His pure devotees are equally good. The Battle of Kurukṣetra is full of politics and diplomacy, but because the topics are related with Lord Kṛṣṇa, the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is therefore adored all over the world. There is no need to eradicate politics, economics, sociology, etc., which are mundane to the mundaners. To a pure devotee, who is actually related with the Lord, such mundane things are transcendental if dovetailed with the Lord or with His pure devotees. We have heard and talked about the activities of the Pāṇḍavas, and we now are dealing with the topics of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, but because all these topics are related to the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, they are all transcendental, and pure devotees have great interest in hearing them. We have already discussed this matter in connection with the prayers of Bhīṣmadeva.
#$p#Our duration of life is not very long, and there is no certainty of when we shall be ordered to leave everything for the next stage. Thus it is our duty to see that not a moment of our life is wasted in topics which are not related with Lord Kṛṣṇa. Any topic, however pleasant, is not worth hearing if it is devoid of its relation to Kṛṣṇa.
#$p#The spiritual planet, Goloka Vṛndāvana, the eternal abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa, is shaped like the whorl of a lotus flower. Even when the Lord descends to any one of the mundane planets, He does so by manifesting His own abode as it is. Thus His feet remain always on the same big whorl of the lotus flower. His feet are also as beautiful as the lotus flower. Therefore it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa has lotus feet.
#$p#A living being is eternal by constitution. He is, so to speak, in the whirlpool of birth and death due to his contact with material energy. Freed from such material energy, a living entity is liberated and is eligible to return home, back to Godhead. Those who want to live forever without changing their material bodies should not waste valuable time with topics other than those relating to Lord Kṛṣṇa and His devotees.
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