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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

If we want to stop this anartha, misconception of life, then we have to take to bhakti-yoga. It is explained in the next verse. But for the time being we are misled. The māyā, or the material nature, is misleading us. We are trying to adjust things according to the dictation of māyā, that we shall be able to stop our struggle for existence in this way and that way.

760904 - Lecture SB 01.07.05 - Vrndavana

So if we want to stop this anartha, misconception of life, then we have to take to bhakti-yoga. It is explained in the next verse. But for the time being we are misled. The māyā, or the material nature, is misleading us. We are trying to adjust things according to the dictation of māyā, that we shall be able to stop our struggle for existence in this way and that way. That is not possible. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā (BG 7.14). If you make some plan . . . You can make plan, but that plan will never be successful. This is the . . . By false understanding we may make hundreds and thousands of plan to be happy in this material world. That is not possible. This is therefore called sammohito, "bewildered." Yayā sammohito jīva ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam (SB 1.7.5). Ātmānam, himself, he is thinking that he is a material product, tri-guṇa—sattva, rajas, tamo-guṇa. Somebody is thinking, "I am very good man. I am very honest man. I am very qualified man." That is also false identification. And somebody is thinking that "I can do this. I can do that. I am so powerful. Who is equal to me?" Passion. That is also māyā's dictation. And somebody is lazy, sleeping, does not understand anything—tamo-guṇa. That is also tri-guṇātmakam, within this tri-dhāma. So within this material world, either the good man or the passionate man or the ignorant man, there may be some differences, guṇo-gata, but actually every one of them is entangled by māyā.

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-So if we want to stop this anartha, misconception of life, then we have to take to bhakti-yoga. It is explained in the next verse. But for the time being we are misled. The māyā, or the material nature, is misleading us. We are trying to adjust things according to the dictation of māyā, that we shall be able to stop our struggle for existence in this way and that way. That is not possible. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā ([[Vanisource:BG 7.14|BG 7.14]]). If you make some plan... You can make plan, but that plan will never be successful. This is the... By false understanding we may make hundreds and thousands of plan to be happy in this material world. That is not possible. This is therefore called sammohito, "bewildered." Yayā sammohito jīva ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.7.5|SB 1.7.5]]). Ātmānam, himself, he is thinking that he is a material product, tri-guṇa—sattva, rajas, tamo-guṇa. Somebody is thinking, "I am very good man. I am very honest man. I am very qualified man." That is also false identification. And somebody is thinking that "I can do this. I can do that. I am so powerful. Who is equal to me?" Passion. That is also māyā's dictation. And somebody is lazy, sleeping, does not understand anything—tamo-guṇa. That is also tri-guṇātmakam, within this tri-dhāma. So within this material world, either the good man or the passionate man or the ignorant man, there may be some differences, guṇo-gata, but actually every one of them is entangled by māyā.
+So if we want to stop this ''anartha'', misconception of life, then we have to take to ''bhakti-yoga''. It is explained in the next verse. But for the time being we are misled. The ''māyā'', or the material nature, is misleading us. We are trying to adjust things according to the dictation of ''māyā'', that we shall be able to stop our struggle for existence in this way and that way. That is not possible. ''Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā'' ([[vanisource:BG 7.14 (1972)|BG 7.14]]). If you make some plan . . . You can make plan, but that plan will never be successful. This is the . . . By false understanding we may make hundreds and thousands of plan to be happy in this material world. That is not possible. This is therefore called ''sammohito'', "bewildered." ''Yayā sammohito jīva ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam'' ([[vanisource:SB 1.7.5|SB 1.7.5]]). ''Ātmānam'', himself, he is thinking that he is a material product, ''tri-guṇa—sattva'', ''rajas'', ''tamo-guṇa''. Somebody is thinking, "I am very good man. I am very honest man. I am very qualified man." That is also false identification. And somebody is thinking that "I can do this. I can do that. I am so powerful. Who is equal to me?" Passion. That is also ''māyā's ''dictation. And somebody is lazy, sleeping, does not understand anything—''tamo-guṇa''. That is also ''tri-guṇātmakam'', within this ''tri-dhāma''. So within this material world, either the good man or the passionate man or the ignorant man, there may be some differences, ''guṇo-gata'', but actually every one of them is entangled by ''māyā''.
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