SB 7.15.23

TEXT 23

TEXT

आन्वीक्षिक्या शोकमोहौ दम्भं महदुपासया ।
योगान्तरायान्मौनेन हिंसां कामाद्यनीहया ॥ २३ ॥

anviksikya soka-mohau

dambham mahad-upasaya

yogantarayan maunena

himsam kamady-anihaya

anviksikya-by deliberation upon material and spiritual subject matters; soka-lamentation; mohau-and illusion; dambham-false pride; mahat-a Vaisnava; upasaya-by serving; yoga-antarayan-obstacles on the path of yoga; maunena-by silence; himsam-envy; kama-adi-for sense gratification; anihaya-without 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 one's 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.

jatasya hi dhruvo mrtyur
dhruvam janma mrtasya ca
[Bg. 2.27]

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.