पञ्चविंशतितत्त्वानां पुरुषोऽद्भुतदर्पण: । अध्यात्ममबुधस्येह किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ १७ ॥
panca-vimsati-tattvanam puruso ’dbhuta-darpanah adhyatmam abudhasyeha kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
- panca-vimsati
- twenty-five
- tattvanam
- of the elements
- purusah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- adbhuta-darpanah
- the wonderful manifester
- adhyatmam
- the overseer of all causes and effects
- abudhasya
- of one who does not know
- iha
- in this world
- kim asat-karmabhih bhavet
- what can be the benefit of engaging in temporary fruitive activities.
(Narada Muni had said that there is a house made of twenty-five elements. The Haryasvas understood this analogy.) The Supreme Lord is the reservoir of the twenty-five elements, and as the Supreme Being, the conductor of cause and effect, He causes their manifestation. If one engages in temporary fruitive activities, not knowing that Supreme Person, what benefit will he derive?