एवं दारा गृहा रायो विविधैश्वर्यसम्पदः ॥२१॥
शब्दादयश्च विषयाश्चला राज्यविभूतयः ।
मही राज्यं बलं कोषो भृत्यामात्यसुहृज्जनाः ॥२२॥
सर्वेऽपि शूरसेनेमे शोकमोहभयार्तिदाः ।
गन्धर्वनगरप्रख्याः स्वप्नमायामनोरथाः ॥२३॥
adhunÄ putriṇÄá¹ tÄpo
bhavataivÄnubhÅ«yate
evaá¹ dÄrÄ gá¹›hÄ rÄyo
vividhaiśvarya-sampadaḥ
Å›abdÄdayaÅ› ca viá¹£ayÄÅ›
calÄ rÄjya-vibhÅ«tayaḥ
mahÄ« rÄjyaá¹ balaá¹ koá¹£o
bhá¹›tyÄmÄtya-suhá¹›j-janÄḥ
sarve 'pi śūraseneme
Å›oka-moha-bhayÄrtidÄḥ
gandharva-nagara-prakhyÄḥ
svapna-mÄyÄ-manorathÄḥ
adhunÄ - at the present moment; putriṇÄm - of persons who have children; tÄpaḥ - the tribulation; bhavatÄ - by you; eva - indeed; anubhÅ«yate - is experienced; evam - in this way; dÄrÄḥ - good wife; gá¹›hÄḥ - residence; rÄyaḥ - riches; vividha - various; aiÅ›varya - opulences; sampadaḥ - prosperities; Å›abda-Ädayaḥ - sound and so on; ca - and; viá¹£ayÄḥ - the objects of sense gratification; calÄḥ - temporary; rÄjya - of the kingdom; vibhÅ«tayaḥ - opulences; mahÄ« - land; rÄjyam - kingdom; balam - strength; koá¹£aḥ - treasury; bhá¹›tya - servants; amÄtya - ministers; suhá¹›t-janÄḥ - allies; sarve - all; api - indeed; śūrasena - O King of Śūrasena; ime - these; Å›oka - of lamentation; moha - of illusion; bhaya - of fear; arti - and distress; dÄḥ - givers; gandharva-nagara-prakhyÄḥ - headed by the illusory sight of a gandharva-nagara, a big palace within the forest; svapna - dreams; mÄyÄ - illusions; manorathÄḥ - and concoctions of the mind.
My dear King, now you are actually experiencing the misery of a person who has sons and daughters. O King, owner of the state of Śūrasena, one’s wife, his house, the opulence of his kingdom, and his various other opulences and objects of sense perception are all the same in that they are temporary. One’s kingdom, military power, treasury, servants, ministers, friends and relatives are all causes of fear, illusion, lamentation and distress. They are like a gandharva-nagara, a nonexistent palace that one imagines to exist in the forest. Because they are impermanent, they are no better than illusions, dreams and mental concoctions.
This verse describes the entanglement of material existence. In material existence, the living entity possesses many things — the material body, children, wife and so on (dehÄpatya-kalatrÄdiá¹£u). One may think that these will give him protection, but that is impossible. In spite of all these possessions, the spirit soul has to give up his present situation and accept another. The next situation may be unfavorable, but even if it is favorable, one must give it up and again accept another body. In this way, one’s tribulation in material existence continues. A sane man should be perfectly aware that these things will never be able to give him happiness. One must be situated in his spiritual identity and eternally serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a devotee. Aá¹…girÄ á¹šá¹£i and NÄrada Muni gave this instruction to MahÄrÄja Citraketu.
