TEXT 10
pasyotpatan nara-vyaghra
divyan bhauman sadaihikan
darunan samsato 'durad
bhayam no buddhi-mohanam
SYNONYMS
pasyajust see; utpatandisturbances; nara-vyaghraO man of tigerlike strength; divyanhappenings in the sky or by planetary influence; bhaumanhappenings on the earth; sa-daihikanhappenings of the body and the mind; darunanawfully dangerous; samsatahindicating; aduratin the near future; bhayamdanger; nahour; buddhiintelligence; mohanamdeluding.
TRANSLATION
Just see, O man with a tiger's strength, how many miseries due to celestial influences, earthly reactions and bodily pains-all very dangerous in themselves-are foreboding danger in the near future by deluding our intelligence.
PURPORT
Material advancement of civilization means advancement of the reactions of the threefold miseries due to celestial influence, earthly reactions and bodily or mental pains. By the celestial influence of the stars there are many calamities like excessive heat, cold, rains or no rains, and the after-effects are famine, disease and epidemic. The aggregate result is agony of the body and the mind. Man-made material science cannot do anything to counteract these threefold miseries. They are all punishments from the superior energy of maya under the direction of the Supreme Lord. Therefore our constant touch with the Lord by devotional service can give us relief without our being disturbed in the discharge of our human duties. The asuras, however, who do not believe in the existence of God, make their own plans to counteract all these threefold miseries, and so they meet with failures every time. The Bhagavad-gita (7.14) clearly states that the reaction of material energy is never to be conquered, because of the binding effects of the three modes. They can simply be overcome by one who surrenders fully in devotion under the lotus feet of the Lord.

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