SB 1.18.50 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 50
- Prayasah sadhavo loke parair dwandvesu yojitah
- Na bythanti na hrishyanti yata atma agunashrayah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Praysah—generally, Sadhavo—saints, loke—in this world, Parair—by others, Dwandwesu—in the matter of duality, Yojitah—being engaged, Na—never, Bythauti—distressed, Na—neither, Hrish yanti—takes pleasure, Yata—because, Atma—self, Agunashrayah—transcendental.
TRANSLATION
Generally the transcendentalists even though they are engaged by others in the duality of the material world, neither they are distressed nor they take pleasures in them on account of transcendentally engaged.
PURPORT
The transcendentalists are the empiric philosophers, mystics and the devotees of the Lord. Empiric philosophers aims at the perfection of merging into the being of Absolute, the mystics aims at perceiving the all pervading Super Soul and the devotees of the Lord are engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Personality of Godhead. As Brahman, Paramatam or Bhagawan are different phases of the same transcendence all the above mentioned transcendentalist are beyond the three modes of material nature. Material distresses and happinesses are products of the three modes and therefore the causes of such material distress and happiness have nothing to do with the transcendentalists. Both the sage and the king were transcendentalists. The king was a devotee and the Risi was a mystic. Therefore both of them were unattached to the accidental incidence created by the Supreme will. The playful child was an instrument in fulfilling the Lords will.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports of the first Canto Eighteenth Chapter in the matter of Maharaj Parikshit Cursed By A Brahmin Boy.