TEXT 23
trai-vargikayasa-vighatam asmat-
patir vidhatte purusasya sakra
tato numeyo bhagavat-prasado
yo durlabho kincana-gocaro nyaih
SYNONYMS
trai-vargikafor the three objectives, namely religiosity, economic development, and satisfaction of the senses; ayasaof endeavor; vighatamthe ruin; asmatour; patihLord; vidhatteperforms; purusasyaof a devotee; sakraO Indra; tatahwhereby; anumeyahto be inferred; bhagavat-prasadahthe special mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yahwhich; durlabhahvery difficult to obtain; akincana-gocarahwithin the reach of the unalloyed devotees; anyaihby others, who aspire for material happiness.
TRANSLATION
Our Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, forbids His devotees to endeavor uselessly for religion, economic development and sense gratification. O Indra, one can thus infer how kind the Lord is. Such mercy is obtainable only by unalloyed devotees, not by persons who aspire for material gains.
PURPORT
There are four objectives in human lifenamely, religiosity (dharma), economic development (artha), sense gratification (kama), and liberation (moksa) from the bondage of material existence. People generally aspire for religiosity, economic development and sense gratification, but a devotee has no other desire than to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead both in this life and in the next. The special mercy for the unalloyed devotee is that the Lord saves him from hard labor to achieve the results of religion, economic development and sense gratification. Of course, if one wants such benefits, the Lord certainly awards them. Indra, for example, although a devotee, was not much interested in release from material bondage; instead, he desired sense gratification and a high standard of material happiness in the heavenly planets. Vrtrasura, however, being an unalloyed devotee, aspired only to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the Lord arranged for him to go back to Godhead after his bodily bondage was destroyed by Indra. Vrtrasura requested Indra to release his thunderbolt against him as soon as possible so that both he and Indra would benefit according to their proportionate advancement in devotional service.

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