SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

44 Srbnad-Bhigavabun [Canto 7, Ch. 1tasmdt-therefore; keruipi-by any; upayena-means; manab,-themind; kr-in f?Qa; nivesayet-one should fix.TRANSLATIONSomehow or other, one must consider the form of KrI;Ul veryseriously. Then, by one of the five different processes mentionedabove, one can return home, back to Godhead. Atheists like KingVena, however, being unable to think of :r;ta's form in any ofthese five ways, cannot attain salvation. Therefore, one must somehowthink of :r;ta, whether in a friendly way or inimically.PURPORTlmpersonalists and atheists always try to circumvent the form off?Qa. Great politicians and philosophers of the modern age even try tobanish f?Qa from Bhagavad-gitii. Consequently, for them there is nosalvation. But f?Qa's enemies think, "Here is f?Qa, my enemy. I haveto kill Him." They think of f?Qa in His actual form, and thus they attainsalvation. Devotees, therefore, who constantly think of f?Qa'sform, are certainly liberated. The only business of the Mayavadi atheistsis to make f?Qa formless, and consequently, because of this severeoffense at the lotus feet of f?Qa, they cannot expect salvation. SrilaVisvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says in this connection: tena siSupaladibhinnab,pratikiila-bhavam didhur yena iva narakam yiititi bhavab,.Except for Sisupala, those who go against the regulative principles cannotattain salvation and are surely destined for hellish life. The regulativeprinciple is that one must always think of f?Qa, whether as a friend orenemy.TEXT 33'llt'iil ctq) f(W{t'4Sfi Iqlti(sa'4a ftq{tfcisrIN h:q(Jl II IImatr-vasreyo va5 caidyodantavakra5 ca paTJ4,avapaada-pravarau vr:wrvipra-sapat pada-cyutau