{"id":8070,"date":"2016-09-18T06:53:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T06:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2016-09-18T07:57:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T07:57:07","slug":"endeavor-for-the-real-goal-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/2016\/09\/18\/endeavor-for-the-real-goal-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Endeavor for the real goal of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/7.6lifescourse.jpg\" alt=\"7-6lifescourse\" width=\"524\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/7.6lifescourse.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/7.6lifescourse-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/7.6lifescourse-305x420.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>by Sankarshan das<\/p>\n<p><i>tato yateta ku\u015bala\u1e25<br \/>\nk\u1e63em\u0101ya bhavam \u0101\u015brita\u1e25<br \/>\n\u015bar\u012bra\u1e41 pauru\u1e63a\u1e41 y\u0101van<br \/>\nna vipadyeta pu\u1e63kalam<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An intelligent person leading this material life, who is able to discriminate right from wrong should endeavour for the real goal of life\u00a0as long as he is\u00a0still healthy and strong and\u00a0not be affected by being worn-out&#8221;\u00a0Srimad Bhagavatam 7.6.5<\/p>\n<p>There are many people out there who are embarrassed by being old or being struck by cancer and other diseases, therefore\u00a0their lives are full of anxiety. This material world is such a place whereby, birth, old age, sickness, and death take place at every moment. Once in Sri Rangam (South India), the great Vaishnava\u00a0saint, Sripad Ramanujacarya came across a poetry composed by Nammalwar, one of the prominent\u00a012 Alwars of South India. It was composed in Tamil and the English translation goes as;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cHow foolish it would be if man thinks of pursuing his work only under the light that flashes during a thunderstorm.Life is like a spinning-top that exists only for a second. Even the next moment of life is unpredictable. And, so leave the selfish attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here Nammalwar summarises the temporary notion of human existence and when Sripad Ramanuja read it, he didn\u2019t waste a single moment, he immediately rushed to take initiation from his guru Periya Nambi and started rendering service unto the Lord in his form as Sri Ranganatha. We can also see the activities of\u00a0 Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja that he started rendering devotional service from a very young age and not wait till he became old or weak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Sankarshan das tato yateta ku\u015bala\u1e25 k\u1e63em\u0101ya bhavam \u0101\u015brita\u1e25 \u015bar\u012bra\u1e41 pauru\u1e63a\u1e41 y\u0101van na vipadyeta pu\u1e63kalam &#8220;An intelligent person leading this material life, who is able to discriminate right from wrong should endeavour for the real goal of life\u00a0as long as he is\u00a0still healthy and strong and\u00a0not be affected by being worn-out&#8221;\u00a0Srimad Bhagavatam 7.6.5 There are <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1160,"featured_media":8071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[5255,5254,5253],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/7.6lifescourse.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.3 - 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