SB 9.4.15, SB 9.4.16, SB 9.4.15-16
TEXTS 15-16
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TEXT
श्रीशुक उवाच
अम्बरीषो महाभागः सप्तद्वीपवतीं महीम् । अव्ययां च श्रियं लब्ध्वा विभवं चातुलं भुवि । मेने ऽतिदुर्लभं पुंसां सर्वं तत्स्वप्नसंस्तुतम् । विद्वान्विभवनिर्वाणं तमो विशति यत्पुमान् ॥ १६ ॥ sri-suka uvaca
ambariso maha-bhagah
sapta-dvipavatim mahim
avyayam ca sriyam labdhva
vibhavam catulam bhuvi
mene 'tidurlabham pumsam
sarvam tat svapna-samstutam
vidvan vibhava-nirvanam
tamo visati yat puman
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; ambarisah-King Ambarisa; maha-bhagah-the greatly fortunate king; sapta-dvipavatim-consisting of seven islands; mahim-the whole world; avyayam ca-and inexhaustible; sriyam-beauty; labdhva-after achieving; vibhavam ca-and opulences; atulam-unlimited; bhuvi-in this earth; mene-he decided; ati-durlabham-which is rarely obtained; pumsam-of many persons; sarvam-everything (he had obtained); tat-that which; svapna-samstutam-as if imagined in a dream; vidvan-completely understanding; vibhava-nirvanam-the annihilation of that opulence; tamah-ignorance; visati-fallen into; yat-because of which; puman-a person.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Maharaja Ambarisa, the most fortunate personality, achieved the rule of the entire world, consisting of seven islands, and achieved inexhaustible, unlimited opulence and prosperity on earth. Although such a position is rarely obtained, Maharaja Ambarisa did not care for it at all, for he knew very well that all such opulence is material. Like that which is imagined in a dream, such opulence will ultimately be destroyed. The King knew that any nondevotee who attains such opulence merges increasingly into material nature's mode of darkness.
PURPORT
For a devotee material opulence is insignificant, whereas for a nondevotee material opulence is the cause of increasing bondage, for a devotee knows that anything material is temporary, whereas a non-devotee regards the temporary so-called happiness as everything and forgets the path of self-realization. Thus for the nondevotee material opulence is a disqualification for spiritual advancement.
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