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TEXT 23
anviksikya soka-mohau
dambham mahad-upasaya
yogantarayan maunena
himsam kamady-anihaya
SYNONYMS
anviksikyaby deliberation upon material and spiritual subject matters; sokalamentation; mohauand illusion; dambhamfalse pride; mahata Vaisnava; upasayaby serving; yoga-antarayanobstacles on the path of yoga; maunenaby silence; himsamenvy; kama-adifor sense gratification; anihayawithout endeavor.
TRANSLATION
By discussing spiritual knowledge one can conquer lamentation and illusion, by serving a great devotee one can become prideless, by keeping silent one can avoid obstacles on the path of mystic yoga, and simply by stopping sense gratification one can conquer envy.
PURPORT
If ones son has died, one may certainly be affected by lamentation and illusion and cry for the dead son, but one may overcome lamentation and illusion by considering the verses of Bhagavad-gita.
As the soul transmigrates, one who has taken birth must give up the present body, and then he must certainly accept another body. This should be no cause for lamentation. Therefore Lord Krsna says, dhiras tatra na muhyati: one who is dhira, or sober, who is learned in philosophy and established in knowledge, cannot be unhappy over the transmigration of the soul.
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