Todays Srimad-Bhagavatam Class1.2.9 October 20, 1972, Vrndavana "Everyone Can Serve Krishna"

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"Everyone Can Serve Krishna"

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.9

October 20, 1972, Vrndavana

 

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Pradyumna: Translation: "All occupational engagements, or dharmas, are

certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for

material gain. Furthermore, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational

service, or dharma, should never use material gain to cultivate sense

gratification."

 

Prabhupada: So Suta Gosvami is describing the purpose of religiosity.

Dharmasya hy apavargyasya. Dharma, to accept a system of religion means to

accept the path of liberation. Apavargyasya. This apavarga is very significant

word. Pavarga and apavarga. Pavarga means pa, pha, ba, bha, ma. In grammatical

ways, ka, kha, ga, gha, ka-varga, ca-varga, ta-varga, ta-varga, and pa-varga.

Five vargas. Vargiya varnas. And there are antah-stha varnas. This is

grammatical.

 

So dharmasya hy apavargyasya. "A" means negation, negation of pavarga. Pa

means parisrama, labor. Here, in this material world, the sense gratificatory

platform is not very easy. You have to work very hard. Karma. Even Arjuna was

advised, sarira-yatrapi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmanah: "My dear Arjuna, you are

denying to fight, but you do not know that without fighting, you cannot live

even. You cannot maintain your body." Sarira-yatrapi. Just see how hard they are

laboring. Even just like an ass. In big cities, we have seen, human beings are

pulling on rickshaws, thelas. What for? Simply for maintaining this body. In the

Kali Yuga, the working will be more harder and harder. Just like an ass. Ass,

the example is given always, ass. How much hard work it carries on. Tons of

cloth, carrying on the back, going to the ghata. What for? Simply little grass.

That's all. Therefore it is called ass. The ass is working simply for a morsel

of grass. Grass, there are so many. You can get. But it is because it is ass,

he's thinking that "The washerman is my master. He'll give me the grass." Just

see.

 

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Where you will be able to hear from the Lotus Lips of Srila Prabhupada,the

rest of the Class Your Servant Jaya Kesava dasa

 

 

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To see how ,Srila Prabhupada,Came From India ,started this worldwide Krsna

Consciousness movement,at the late age of almost 70 years old,and pennyless,on

the order of His Guru,to Spred the Knowledge of Krsna Consciousness, to every

corner of this world,,just like The prediction of Lord Caitanya," that a Great

Devotee,would soon come, and spred the Chanting of The MAHA MANTRA, Hare Krsna,

to every town and village" ,thus Furfilling the Great Prophephcy !

Your Servant Jaya Kesava Dasa

 

 

 

 

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