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So apasyatam atma-tattvam [not] be able to give protection, but they will be also finished. Dehapatya-kalatradisv atma-sainyesv asatsv api, tesam pramatto nidhanam Na te viduḥ svartha-gatim hi visnum durasaya [SB 7.5.31]. Therefore it is called durasaya. He's thinking that "These things will give me protection." No, that is not possible. You cannot get rid of the four principles of material life, janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi [Bg 13.9], by these soldiers. That is not possible. They will die, you will die, your... Formerly, your father died, your father's father died. Everyone will die. This is called mrtyu-loka. Everyone will die. But we are actually hankering after existing. We do not wish to die. That is our natural propensity, because we are eternal. "Oh, why shall I wish to die?" So the solution is not depending on these so-called soldiers, but the solution is different. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita: (More...)

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