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TEXT 3
sudhiyah sadhavo loke
naradeva narottamah
nabhidruhyanti bhutebhyo
yarhi natma kalevaram
SYNONYMS
su-dhiyahthe most intelligent persons; sadhavahwho are inclined to perform welfare activities; lokein this world; nara-devaO King; nara-uttamahthe best of human beings; na abhidruhyantinever become malicious; bhutebhyahtoward other living beings; yarhibecause; nanever; atmathe self or soul; kalevaramthis body.
TRANSLATION
O King, one who is advanced in intelligence and eager to perform welfare activities for others is considered best amongst human beings. An advanced human being is never malicious to others. Those with advanced intelligence are always conscious that this material body is different from the soul.
PURPORT
In daily life we find that when a madman commits murder, he is excused even by a high-court judge. The idea is that a living entity is always pure because he is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When he falls into the clutches of material energy, he becomes a victim of the three modes of material nature. Indeed, whatever he does, he does under the influence of material nature. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (5.14):
The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.
Actually the living entity, or soul, does not do anything; everything is done under the influence of the modes of material nature. When a man is diseased, the symptoms of the disease become a source of all kinds of pain. Those who are advanced in transcendental consciousness, or Krsna consciousness, are never envious, neither of the soul nor of the activities of the soul under the influence of material nature. Advanced transcendentalists are called sudhiyah. Sudhi means intelligence, sudhi means highly advanced, and sudhi means devotee. One who is both devoted and highly advanced in intelligence does not take action against the soul or the body. If there is any discrepancy, he forgives. It is said that forgiveness is a quality of those who are advancing in spiritual knowledge.
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