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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.23
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- mad-āśrayāḥ kathā mṛṣṭāḥ
- śṛṇvanti kathayanti ca
- tapanti vividhās tāpā
- naitān mad-gata-cetasaḥ
matabout Me-āśrayāḥabout Me — about Me; kathāḥstories — stories; mṛṣṭāḥdelightful — delightful; śṛṇvantithey hear — they hear; kathayantithey chant — they chant; caand — and; tapantiinflict suffering — inflict suffering; vividhāḥvarious — various; tāpāḥthe material miseries — the material miseries; nado not — do not; etānunto them — unto them; matfixed on Me-gatafixed on Me — fixed on Me; cetasaḥtheir thoughts — their thoughts.
Engaged constantly in chanting and hearing about Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the sādhus do not suffer from material miseries because they are always filled with thoughts of My pastimes and activities.
Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahūti, Text 23
There are multifarious miseries in material existence—those pertaining to the body and the mind, those imposed by other living entities and those imposed by natural disturbances. But a sādhu is not disturbed by such miserable conditions because his mind is always filled with Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and thus he does not like to talk about anything but the activities of the Lord. Mahārāja Ambarīṣa did not speak of anything but the pastimes of the Lord. Vacāṁsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane (SB 9.4.18, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.). He engaged his words only in glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sādhus are always interested in hearing about the activities of the Lord or His devotees. Since they are filled with Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they are forgetful of the material miseries. Ordinary conditioned souls, being forgetful of the activities of the Lord, are always full of anxieties and material tribulations. On the other hand, since the devotees always engage in the topics of the Lord, they are forgetful of the miseries of material existence.