Todays Srimad-Bhagavatam Class "If Krishna Says All Right..." By Srila Prabhupadfa---October 24, 1972, Vrndavana

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text-031"If Krishna Says All Right..."

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.13

October 24, 1972, Vrndavana

 

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Pradyumna: Translation: "O best among the twice-born, it is therefore

concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve, by discharging his

prescribed duties, or dharma, according to caste divisions and order of life, is

to please the Lord Hari."

 

Prabhupada: Atah pumbhir-dvija-srestha varnasrama-vibhagasah. Varna and

asrama. This varnasrama is very important thing in the human society. Unless one

accepts these principles of varna and asrama, they're animal society. That is

not human society. Four varnas -- the brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, and sudra,

four divisions of the society; and asrama, spiritual order -- brahmacari,

grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. This is Vedic culture, varna and asrama.

That is accepted as human society.

 

In the Visnu Purana also it is said,

 

varnasramacaravata

purusena parah puman

visnur aradhyate pantha

nanyat tat-tosa-karanam

 

The whole aim of life is to achieve the favor of Visnu. Om tad visnoh

paramam padam. That is the Rg-Veda mantra. To reach Visnu. But they do not know

the goal of life. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum [sB 7.5.31]. They do not

know. Anyone, or any society who does not know the aim of life, they are in the

darkness. Actually, at the present moment especially, the whole human society

has missed the point. They are trying to be happy by material adjustment. By

social adjustment, by political adjustment, by economic adjustment, or by

religious adjustment, they are trying to make the whole human society happy, but

Bhagavata says, durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah. This is something which is

beyond the fulfillment of hopes. This hope will never be fulfilled. Durasaya.

Bahir-artha-maninah. Because they have accepted the external energy of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, bahir-artha.

 

Just like this body. Your body, my body, this is bahir-artha, external.

Just like my, this wrapper. This is external. Real person is the soul. But they

have no information of the soul, neither information of Visnu, the origin of

soul. should try to satisfy Krsna.

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