two kinds of burdens

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There are two kinds of burdens. There is the burden of the beast and the

burden of love. The burden of the beast is unbearable, but the burden of

love is a source of pleasure. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti describes the

burden of love very practically. He says that the burden of the husband on

the young wife, the burden of the child on the lap of the mother, and the

burden of wealth on the businessman, although actually burdens from the

viewpoint of heaviness, are sources of pleasure, and in the absence of such

burdensome objects, one may feel the burden of separation, which is heavier

to bear than the actual burden of love.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 3.3.14