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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- daivena te hata-dhiyo bhavataḥ prasaṅgāt
- sarvāśubhopaśamanād vimukhendriyā ye
- kurvanti kāma-sukha-leśa-lavāya dīnā
- lobhābhibhūta-manaso 'kuśalāni śaśvat
daivenaby fate of misfortune — by fate of misfortune; tethey — they; hatabereft of memory-dhiyaḥbereft of memory — bereft of memory; bhavataḥof You — of You; prasaṅgātfrom the topics — from the topics; sarvaall — all; aśubhainauspiciousness — inauspiciousness; upaśamanātcurbing down — curbing down; vimukhaturned against — turned against; indriyāḥsenses — senses; yethose — those; kurvantiact — act; kāmasense gratification — sense gratification; sukhahappiness — happiness; leśabrief — brief; lavāyafor a moment only — for a moment only; dīnāḥpoor fellows — poor fellows; lobhaoverwhelmed by greed-abhibhūtaoverwhelmed by greed — overwhelmed by greed; manasaḥof one whose mind — of one whose mind; akuśalāniinauspicious activities — inauspicious activities; śaśvatalways — always.
O my Lord, persons who are bereft of the all-auspicious performance of chanting and hearing about Your transcendental activities are certainly unfortunate and are also bereft of good sense. They engage in inauspicious activities, enjoying sense gratification for a very little while.
The next question is why people are against such auspicious activities as chanting and hearing the glories and pastimes of the Lord, which can bring total freedom from the cares and anxieties of material existence. The only answer to this question is that they are unfortunate because of supernatural control due to their offensive activities performed simply for the sake of sense gratification. The Lord's pure devotees, however, take compassion upon such unfortunate persons and, in a missionary spirit, try to persuade them into the line of devotional service. Only by the grace of pure devotees can such unfortunate men be elevated to the position of transcendental service.