SB 1.14.9 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 9
- yasmat nah sampado rajyam darah pranah kulam prajah
- Asan sapatno vijayo lokas cha yad anugrahat.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
yasmat—from whom, Nah—our, Sampado—opulence, Rajyam—kingdom, Darah—good wives, Pranah—existence of life, Kulam—dynasty, Prajah—subjects, Asan—have become possible, Saptno—competitors, Vijayo—conquering over, Lokas—future accomodation in higher planets, Cha—and, Yad—by whose, Anugrahat—by the mercy of.
TRANSLATION
From Him only all our opulence in the matter of our kingdom, good wives, existence of life, continuation of progeny, control over the subjects, victory over the competitors and accomodation in higher planets have become possible and they are all due to His causeless mercy upon us.
PURPORT
Material prosperity consists of good wife, good home, sufficient land, good children, aristocratic family relations, victory over competitors and by pious work attainment of accomodation in the higher celestial planets for better facilities of material amenities. These facilities are earned not only by one's hard manual labour or by unfair means but by the mercy dispensation of the Supreme Lord. Prosperity earned by one's personal endeavour also depends on the mercy of the Lord. Personal labour must be there besides the Lord's benediction but without Lord's benediction nobody is successful simply by personal labour. The modernised man of the Kaliyuga does believe more on personal endeavour and deny the benediction of the Supreme Lord. Even a great Sanyasi of India delivered speeches in Chicago protesting against benediction of the Supreme Lord. But so far Vedic shastras are concerned as we find herein the pages of Srimad Bhagwatam the ultimate sanction for all success rests in the hand of the Supreme Lord. Maharaj Yudhisthir admits this truth in his personal success and it behoves that one should follow the foot prints of a great king and devotee of the Lord in the matter of making life full success. If one could achieve success without the sanction of the Lord then no medical Practitoner would fail to cure a patient. Inspite of most advanced treatment of a suffering patient by the most up to date medical practitioner there is occurance of death and even in the most hopeless case without any medical treatment patient gets cured astonishingly. Therefore the conclusion is that God's sanction is the immediate cause for all happenings good or bad. Any successful man should feel grateful to the Lord for all that he has achieved.