SB 1.5.32 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 32
Etat samsuchitam brahmans tapatraya chikitsitam Yad isware bhagawati karma brahmani bhabitam
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Etat—this much, Samsuchitam—decided by the learned, Brahmans—oh Brahmin Vyasa, Tapatraya—three kinds of miseries, Chikitsitam—remedial measures, Yad—what, Isware—the supreme controller, Bhagwati—unto the Personality of Godhead, Karma—one's prescribed activities, Brahmani—unto the great, Bhavitam—dedicated.
TRANSLATION
Oh Brahmin Vyasdeva, it is decided by the learned that the best remedial measure for removing all troubles and miseries is to dedicate one's activities in the service of the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead (Sri Krishna) .
PURPORT
Sri Narada Muni experienced it personally that the most feasible and practical way of opening the path of salvation or getting relief from all miseries of life is to hear submissively the transcendental activities of the Lord from the right and bonafide sources. This is the only remedial process. The whole material existence is full of miseries. The foolish people have manufactured, out of their tiny brain, many remedial measures for removing the threefold miseries pertaining to body and mind, pertaining to the natural disturbances and in relation with other living beings. The whole world is struggling very hard to exist out of these miseries but they do not know that without the sanction of the Lord no plan or no remedial measure can actually bring out the desired peace and tranquility. The remedial measure to cure a patient by medical treatment is useless if it is not sanctioned by the Lord. To cross the river or the ocean by suitable boat is no remedial measure if it is not sanctioned by the Lord. The parents cannot protect their children if it is not sanctioned by the Lord. We should know it certainly that the Lord is the ultimate sanctioning officer and we must therefore dedicate our attempts to the mercy of the Lord for ultimate success or to get rid of the obstacles on the path of success. The Lord is all prevading, all powerful, omnicient, omnipresent and He is the ultimate sanctioning Agent of all good or bad effects. We should, therefore, learn to dedicate our activities unto the mercy of the Lord, accept Him either as impersonal Brahman, localised Parmatma or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It does not matter what you are or what you be but you must dedicate your everything for the service of the Lord. If you are a learned scholar, scientist, philosopher, poet or somethining like that then please employ your learning to establish the Supremacy of the Lord. Try to study the energy of the Lord in every spheres of life. Do not decry Him and try to become like Him or to take His position simply by your fragemental accumulation of knowledge. If you are administrator, statesman, warrior, politician or anything like that, then please try to establish the Lord's supremacy in your statesmanship, fight for the cause of the Lord as Sri Arjuna did. In the beginning Sri Arjuna the great fighter declined to fight for his own sense satisfaction but when he was convinced by the Lord that the fighting was necessary by His great will, Sri Arjuna changed his decision and fought for His cause. Similarly if you are a businessman, an industrialist, an agriculturist or something like that then please spend your hard-earned money for the cause of the Lord. Think always that the money which you have accumulated is the wealth of the Lord. Wealth is considered to be the Goddess of fortune (Lakshmi) and the Lord is Narayana or the husband of Lakshmi. Try to engage Lakshmi in the service of Lord Narayana and you will be happy. That is the way of realising the Lord in every sphere of life. The best thing is after all to get relief from all material activities and engage oneself completely in the business of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Lord but in case of absence of such opportunity, we should try to engage everything, for which we have specific attraction, in the service of the Lord and that is the way of peace and prosperity and that is the way of remedial measure for all the miseries of material existence. The word Samsuchitam in this stanza is also significant. We should not think for a moment that the above realisation of Narada was childish imagination only. It is not like that. It is so realised by the expert and erudite scholars and that is the real import of the word Samsuchitam.