tasmān na kāryaḥ santrāso
tasmān na kāryaḥ santrāso
na kārpaṇyaṁ na sambhramaḥ
buddhvā jīva-gatiṁ dhīro
mukta-saṅgaś cared iha
Because there is no real birth and death, one should not be horrified, miserable, or eager to enjoy in the world. Understanding the goal of the jīva, with intelligence one should move in this world free from attachment.
Since one understands that the ātmā does not take birth or die (tasmāt), one should not be horrified.
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samyag-darśanayā buddhyā
yoga-vairāgya-yuktayā
māyā-viracite loke
caren nyasya kalevaram
One should move about in this world made of māyā while giving up attachment to the body, by utilizing correct vision, intelligence, yoga and vairāgya.
Kalevaraṁ nasya means giving up attachment to the body.
Thus ends the commentary on Thirty-first Chapter of the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Thirty-two
The Path of Karma
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kapila uvāca
atha yo gṛha-medhīyān
dharmān evāvasan gṛhe
kāmam arthaṁ ca dharmān svān
dogdhi bhūyaḥ piparti tān
Kapila said: He who enjoys artha, kāma and dharma as a householder while living his house again performs those actions.
In the Thirty-second Chapter, after speaking about returning to the world by sakāma-karma and not returning to the world by niṣkāma-karma, Kapila criticizes those who are not devotees.
Having explained the results of condemned sinful activities, now Kapila explains the results of prescribed activities with material desire. Living in his house, he enjoys the results of the various dharmas: kāma, artha and dharma. And again he performs those dharmas. After grazing the cows in the field one milks them, and then again, after getting the milk, one puts them back to graze.
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