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TEXT 11-12 cintam aparimeyam ca
asa-pasa-satair baddhah
SYNONYMS  cintam--fears
and anxieties; aparimeyam--unmeasurable; ca--and; pralaya-antam--unto
the point of death; upasritah--having taken shelter of them; kama-upabhoga--sense
gratification; paramah--the highest goal of life; etavat--thus;
iti--in this way; niscitah--ascertained; asa-pasa--entanglements
in the network of hope; sataih--by hundreds; baddhah--being
bound; kama--lust; krodha--anger; parayanah--always
situated in that mentality; ihante--desire; kama--lust; bhoga--sense
enjoyment; artham--for that purpose; anyayena--illegally;
artha--wealth; sancayan--accumulate.
TRANSLATION They believe
that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the prime necessity
of human civilization. Thus there is no end to their anxiety. Being bound
by hundreds and thousands of desires, by lust and anger, they secure money
by illegal means for sense gratification.
PURPORT The demoniac
accept that the enjoyment of the senses is the ultimate goal of life, and
this concept they maintain until death. They do not believe in life after
death, and they do not believe that one takes on different types of bodies
according to one's karma, or activities in this world. Their plans
for life are never finished, and they go on preparing plan after plan,
all of which are never finished. We have personal experience of a person
of such demoniac mentality, who, even at the point of death, was requesting
the physician to prolong his life for four years more because his plans
were not yet complete. Such foolish people do not know that a physician
cannot prolong life even for a moment. When the notice is there, there
is no consideration of the man's desire. The laws of nature do not allow
a second beyond what one is destined to enjoy.
The demoniac
person, who has no faith in God or the Supersoul within himself, performs
all kinds of sinful activities simply for sense gratification. He does
not know that there is a witness sitting within his heart. The Supersoul
is observing the activities of the individual soul. As it is stated in
the Vedic literature, the Upanisads, there are two birds sitting
in one tree; one is acting and enjoying or suffering the fruits of the
branches, and the other is witnessing. But one who is demoniac has no knowledge
of Vedic scripture, nor has he any faith; therefore he feels free to do
anything for sense enjoyment, regardless of the consequences.
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