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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- paśyotpātān nara-vyāghra
- divyān bhaumān sadaihikān
- dāruṇān śaṁsato 'dūrād
- bhayaṁ no buddhi-mohanam
paśyajust see — just see; utpātāndisturbances — disturbances; naraO man of tigerlike strength-vyāghraO man of tigerlike strength — O man of tigerlike strength; divyānhappenings in the sky or by planetary influence — happenings in the sky or by planetary influence; bhaumānhappenings on the earth — happenings on the earth; sahappenings of the body and the mind-daihikānhappenings of the body and the mind — happenings of the body and the mind; dāruṇānawfully dangerous — awfully dangerous; śaṁsataḥindicating — indicating; adūrātin the near future — in the near future; bhayamdanger — danger; naḥour — our; buddhiintelligence — intelligence; mohanamdeluding — deluding.
Just see, O man with a tiger's strength, how many miseries due to celestial influences, earthly reactions and bodily pains-all very dangerous in themselves-are foreboding danger in the near future by deluding our intelligence.
Material advancement of civilization means advancement of the reactions of the threefold miseries due to celestial influence, earthly reactions and bodily or mental pains. By the celestial influence of the stars there are many calamities like excessive heat, cold, rains or no rains, and the aftereffects are famine, disease and epidemic. The aggregate result is agony of the body and the mind. Man-made material science cannot do anything to counteract these threefold miseries. They are all punishments from the superior energy of māyā under the direction of the Supreme Lord. Therefore our constant touch with the Lord by devotional service can give us relief without our being disturbed in the discharge of our human duties. The asuras, however, who do not believe in the existence of God, make their own plans to counteract all these threefold miseries, and so they meet with failures every time. The Bhagavad-gītā (BG 7.14, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.) clearly states that the reaction of material energy is never to be conquered, because of the binding effects of the three modes. They can simply be overcome by one who surrenders fully in devotion under the lotus feet of the Lord.