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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.42
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 42
- yeṣāṁ sa eṣa bhagavān dayayed anantaḥ
- sarvātmanāśrita-pado yadi nirvyalīkam
- te dustarām atitaranti ca deva-māyāṁ
- naiṣāṁ mamāham iti dhīḥ śva-śṛgāla-bhakṣye
yeṣāmunto those only — unto those only; saḥthe Lord — the Lord; eṣaḥthe — the; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; dayayetdoes bestow His mercy — does bestow His mercy; anantaḥthe unlimited potential — the unlimited potential; sarvaby all means, without reservation-ātmanāby all means, without reservation — by all means, without reservation; āśritasurrendered soul-padaḥsurrendered soul — surrendered soul; yadiif such surrender — if such surrender; nirvyalīkamwithout pretension — without pretension; tethose only — those only; dustarāminsurmountable — insurmountable; atitarantican overcome — can overcome; caand the paraphernalia — and the paraphernalia; devadiverse energies of the Lord-māyāmdiverse energies of the Lord — diverse energies of the Lord; nanot — not; eṣāmof them — of them; mamamine — mine; ahammyself — myself; itithus — thus; dhīḥconscious — conscious; śvadogs — dogs; śṛgālajackals — jackals; bhakṣyein the matter of eating — in the matter of eating.
But anyone who is specifically favored by the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, due to unalloyed surrender unto the service of the Lord, can overcome the insurmountable ocean of illusion and can understand the Lord. But those who are attached to this body, which is meant to be eaten at the end by dogs and jackals, cannot do so.
The unalloyed devotees of the Lord know the glories of the Lord in the sense that they can understand how great the Lord is and how great is His expansion of diverse energy. Those who are attached to the perishable body can hardly enter into the realm of the science of Godhead. The whole materialistic world, based on the conception of the material body as the self, is ignorant of the science of God. The materialist is always busy working for the welfare of the material body, not only his own but also those of his children, kinsmen, communitymen, countrymen, etc. The materialists have many branches of philanthropic and altruistic activities from a political, national and international angle of vision, but none of the field work can go beyond the jurisdiction of the misconception of identifying the material body with the spirit soul. Unless, therefore, one is saved from the wrong conception of the body and the soul, there is no knowledge of Godhead, and unless there is knowledge of God, all advancement of material civilization, however dazzling, should be considered a failure.