SB 11.23.26 – Let the power of illusion remind us of the al-powerful

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ourselves from those lamentations, thank you, Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.26 Kasmat Sankalishyate Vidwan Vyarthayarthe Haya Sakret Kasyachinmayayonam Lokoyamsubhimohitah Devanti Brahmana is now drawing a general conclusion from his personal experience in the previous verse he has stated that I have wasted my life in seeking wealth and I’m left with nothing now, so now he is contemplating Kasmat Sankalishyate Vidwan, why should a wise person Sankalishyate suffer misery Vidwan Vyarthayarthe Haya Sakret, in the vain efforts Vidwan Vyarthayarthe Haya, so Vidwan Vyarthayarthe Haya is endeavor for wealth Vidwan Vyarthayarthe Haya, it is futile because it doesn’t lead to any fulfillment nor does it last permanently with us, a Sakret, constantly, so he says that actually everybody in this world is deluded by the hope for wealth, Kasyachinmayayonam, Kasyachinmayayonam, by someone’s maya, all the people in this world, nonam is certainly, Lokoyamsubhimohitah, people in this world are deluded, so in his realizations this is the first reference where he is now moving from condemning himself and his misfortune to thinking about the Lord, so this is a major transition, so he raises a question first, now what is it that makes even wise people to crave for wealth, even when they know that it will lead to suffering, say this, there must be some force which makes one do that and what is that force, that force must be someone’s maya, so he doesn’t use the word Bhagwan over here, this is Kasyachin, suppose we have decided to go one way, we decided to, if you are in the railway station and we decided to go in the forward direction and suddenly we find that we are moving in the opposite direction, backwards, we wanted to go east and we are going west, what happened, is there a big crowd of people who are moving in that direction and which are pushing me in this direction, now how did I end up going in the direction opposite to my intended direction, so when that happens, when we are moved in opposite to what our plan is, then we naturally infer that there must be some force which has made me more like this, so similarly a wise person understands that there is no need to crave and slave for wealth futilely and yet practically everyone in the world, even the wise people are craving and slaving for wealth, so what does it mean, there must be some force that is making one do such a thing and what is that force, that force is maya, so that maya is guided by somebody, so now from here onwards gradually we will start thinking about the Lord and he will conclude by the point that I will take shelter of the Lord, so we can also when we are pulled and pushed away from our intended trajectory, we want to move towards Krishna, when we are trying to meditate and pray, we want our mind to go towards Krishna, but suddenly we find our consciousness, our thoughts going in an entirely opposite direction, rather than just becoming frustrated or dejected and thinking oh I just cannot practice devotional service, I cannot chant attentively, we can think what is this force that pushes me away, it must be someone’s maya, it must be it is Krishna’s maya ultimately and I cannot counter this force myself, but if the person who is controlling this force checks that force, then naturally I can, then I will be saved, so if a dam is opened and the sheer force of the flood is carrying, is it driving away, dragging away even an experienced swimmer, now the swimmer cannot counter the forceful flow of the dam’s water, transcendence