Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 33

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Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge

TEXT 33
kim punar brahmanah punya
bhakta rajarsayas tatha
anityam asukham lokam
imam prapya bhajasva mam

SYNONYMS
kim--how much; punah--again; brahmanah--brahmanas; punyah--righteous;
bhaktah--devotees; raja-rsayah--saintly kings; tatha--also; anityam--
temporary; asukham--sorrowful; lokam--planet; imam--this; prapya--
gaining; bhajasva--are engaged in loving service; mam--unto Me.

TRANSLATION
How much greater then are the brahmanas, the righteous, the devotees
and saintly kings who in this temporary miserable world engage in
loving service unto Me.

EXPLANATION
In this material world there are classifications of people, but,
after all, this world is not a happy place for anyone. It is clearly
stated here, anityam asukham lokam: this world is temporary and full
of miseries, not habitable for any sane gentleman. This world is
declared by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be temporary and
full of miseries. Some of the philosophers, especially the minor
philosophers, say that this world is false, but we can understand from
Bhagavad-gita that the world is not false; it is temporary. There is a
difference between temporary and false. This world is temporary, but
there is another world which is eternal. This world is miserable, but
the other world is eternal and blissful.
Arjuna was born in a saintly royal family. To him also the Lord says,
"Take to My devotional service and come quickly back to Godhead, back
home." No one should remain in this temporary world, full as it is
with miseries. Everyone should attach himself to the bosom of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead so that he can be eternally happy. The
devotional service of the Supreme Lord is the only process by which
all problems of all classes of men can be solved. Everyone should
therefore take to Krsna consciousness and make his life perfect.

Following is a quotation by Swami Gaurangapada:
"The soul is an invisible spiritual force to the material eyes but is
visible to everyone through the accomplishments and symptoms of the
dead material body encaging the soul."

Please chant Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and
engage in the loving service of the supreme Lord.