Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.) Translation: "The lifetime of such envious householders is passed at night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence, and in the daytime either in making money or maintaining family members."

Prabhupada:

nidraya hriyate naktaṁ
vyavayena ca va vayaḥ;
diva carthehaya rajan
kuṭumba-bharaṇena va
[SB 2.1.3]

This is the description of the persons who are blind. Apasyatam atma-tattvam [SB 2.1.2]. Yesterday we have discussed this verse. Apasyatam means one who does not see. Apasyatam, pasyati. Pasyati means "one who sees," and apasyati, "one who does not see," "blind." So there are two kinds of men within the world: pasyati, apasyati. Simply having the eyes, one cannot see. This is not... Because our senses are imperfect. We see every day the sun just like a small disc. But it is not a small disc. It is fourteen hundred thousand times bigger than this planet. Therefore our sensual perception is not all. That is not perfect. We are deficient: we commit mistake, we are illusioned, we cheat, and our senses are imperfect. As such, there is no possibility of having perfect knowledge by a conditioned soul. That is not possible.

We have to receive knowledge, therefore, from the supreme perfect. That is real knowledge. Just like we have got experience that nobody knows that there is soul. Nobody knows. But we have to receive the knowledge from the perfect person, Krṣṇa. Krṣṇa says there is soul. Dehino 'smin yatha dehe kaumaraṁ yauvanam, tatha dehantara-praptiḥ; [Bg. 2.13]. Asmin dehe, in this body, there is the proprietor of the body, the soul. But if we want to see... Some rascal said, "Show me where is soul." He cannot see because he has no eyes to see. These modern materialistic persons, they want to see everything, but he does not understand that his seeing power is very limited. If the light is off, immediately he cannot see. So what is the value of your eyes? Why you are so much proud to see everything? "Can you show me God? Can you show me the soul?" You cannot see. You have no eyes to see. And what you cannot see, you can hear. Just like a blind man, he is sitting. He cannot see. Somebody comes. He inquires, "Who has come here?" Now, if somebody says, "It is such and such person," by hearing only he can understand, "Oh, such and such person has come." So seeing is not extremely perfect experience. There are other senses.

So which is beyond the sense perception you have to hear. Therefore Vedic knowledge is called sruti. You have to hear. Not by seeing. Simply by hearing. Sravaṇam.

sravaṇaṁ kirtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ;
smaraṇaṁ pada-sevanam
arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dasyaṁ
sakhyam atma-nivedanam
[SB 7.5.23]

If you want to know the Supreme, then you have to hear from Him. Just like about Krṣṇa, we have to hear from Him. Krṣṇa is speaking Bhagavad-gita. Krṣṇa is speaking everything. All Vedic knowledge is Krṣṇa. Krṣṇa is speaking. How Krṣṇa is speaking? That is mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Tene brahma hrda adi-kavaye [SB 1.1.1]. Krṣṇa spoke to Brahma. Adi-kavi means Brahma. He spoke to him. But if somebody says, "Brahma..., when Brahma was born from the lotus flower, there was nobody there. So how he could hear from anybody?" Therefore Bhagavata says, tene brahma hrda. Hrda means "through the heart." Through the heart he was educated. Therefore Krṣṇa's another name is caitya-guru. Caitya-guru means "the guru who is sitting within your heart." Caitya-guru. But He does not speak to anyone. He speaks to everyone, but only the devotee can hear. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita:

teṣaṁ satata-yuktanaṁ
bhajataṁ priti-purvakam
dadami buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ
yena mam upayanti te
[Bg. 10.10]

Unless you are a devotee, unless you are constantly engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, He will not speak to you. He speaks, but you cannot hear. You have no ears to hear Him. That is not possible. Krṣṇa is speaking. Just like Krṣṇa is speaking in the Bhagavad-gita, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekaṁ saraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66]. It is open speaking, but who is hearing? Nobody is hearing. Nobody is hearing. They have got their own conception of life.

Therefore, unless there is mercy of Krṣṇa, there is no possibility of understanding Krṣṇa. Ataḥ; sri-krṣṇa-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaiḥ; [Cc. Madhya 17.136]. By your these blunt material senses you cannot understand what is the name of Krṣṇa, namadi.

Guest: (Hindi)

Prabhupada: That's all right. Ataḥ; sri-krṣṇa-namadi. (aside:) That's all right. Why you are bothering? Ataḥ; sri-krṣṇa-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaiḥ;. In these blunt material senses you cannot understand what is this Hare Krṣṇa mantra. It requires purification of the senses, when you will understand what is Krṣṇa's name, namadi, what is Krṣṇa's form, what is Krṣṇa's quality, what is Krṣṇa's entourage, what is Krṣṇa's pastime. You cannot understand. How you will be understanding? Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ;. When you are engaged in the loving service of the Lord, beginning with your tongue, sevonmukhe hi jihvadau, by chanting this Hare Krṣṇa mantra and taking prasadam, in this way, gradually, when you will be purified, you will understand what is Krṣṇa. He will reveal. Krṣṇa reveals. Nahaṁ prakasaḥ; sarvasya yogamaya-samavrtaḥ; [Bg. 7.25]. For others, He is covered with yogamaya's curtain, but for the devotees, He is open.

This is the secret. Vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham atma-bhaktau [Bs. 5.33]. If you simply study Veda, you will never be able to understand Krṣṇa. Therefore so many so-called Vedantists, they do not know what is Krṣṇa. They consider Krṣṇa as ordinary human being. Avajananti maṁ muḍha manuṣiṁ tanum asritam [Bg. 9.11]. So the muḍhas, the rascals, they cannot understand Krṣṇa. Only the devotees. Bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvataḥ; [Bg. 18.55]. If you want to understand Krṣṇa in truth, then you will have to accept this process, bhakti. Krṣṇa never says that "By jñana, by yoga, by karma, you can understand." No.

bhaktya mam abhijanati
yavan yas casmi tattvataḥ;
tato maṁ tattvato jñatva
visate tad-anantaram
[Bg. 18.55]

These things are...

So the grhamedhis, as I have described last night, they are not interested, grhamedhis. Apasyatam atma-tattvaṁ grheṣu grha-medhinam [SB 2.1.2]. Grheṣu grha-medhinam. Those who are simply attached to this bodily conception of life, they are unable to see the truth. Apasyatam atma-tattvam. They cannot see. Their only business is... That is described here: nidraya hriyate naktam. (aside:) Yes, come if you like. Their business is, these apasyatam atma-tattvam [SB 2.1.2], those who are blind, those who cannot see, the atma-tattvam, "What I am," such persons, what is their business occupation? That is the distinction between devotee and nondevotee. A nondevotee, he is very much happy by sleeping. We have seen it practically in Western countries. You know very well, if they can sleep twenty-four,-five hours instead of twenty-four hours, they are very happy. They think that they are getting some profit. Not only Western countries. I have seen long, long ago, about fifty years ago in Calcutta, the office peons, they took letters for distributing to other men, but what do they do? They will sleep at Delhousie Square with the peon book. I have seen. They thought that "This sleeping is our gain. We are getting salary. That is another gain. But because without working I am sleeping now for three hours in Delhousie Square, it is also another gain."

So this is the conception of the (someone coughs loudly) Disturb... (Hindi) So sleeping is also pleasure, but for the devotees, for advanced devotees, just like Gosvamis in Vrndavana, sri-rupa-sanatana-bhaṭṭa-raghunatha, they conquered over sleeping. Nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau **. Vijitau, they conquered over sleeping. That is required. Just like Arjuna is addressed, "Guḍakesa." He conquered over sleeping. To conquer over sleeping is the success of life, not to be servant of sleeping. That is not required. That is for the conditioned soul. Nidraya hriyate naktam. For conditioned soul. Therefore we have to practice. Nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau. Sri-gauraṅga-guṇanuvarṇana-vidhau sraddha-samrddhy-anvitau, nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau catyanta-dinau ca yau. This is the description of the gosvamis. Rupa Gosvami used to sleep generally one and half hour only. And that is also sometimes not sleeping. That is the description in the Caitanya-caritamrta.

So to increase sleeping is no qualification. To decrease sleeping. Ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca samanyam etat pasubhir naraṇam. Eating, sleeping, sex life and defending, these business is meant for the animals. So we have got the animal portion of our life, because we are animals. Unless we come to the Krṣṇa consciousness point, we are simply animals. Those who are working on the bodily concept of life whole day and night, they are simply animals. Their business is to sleep as much as possible at night. Nidraya hriyate naktam. Otherwise, vyavayena ca va vayaḥ;. Vyavaya. Vyavaya means sex. Two business at night, either sex indulgence or sleep. This is atma-tattvam apasyatam, apasyatam. Those who are awakened to the atma-tattva, they will simply think, "How much time I have wasted!" That is... Avyartha-kalatvam [Cc. Madhya 23.18-19]. Avyartha ka... A devotee should be always alert whether he is wasting time or utilizing time. That is devotee's business.

So this nidraya hriyate naktam or vyavayena ca va vayaḥ; this is wasting life, wasting time. It should be minimized as far as possible. This is not required. This is the bodily necessities of life. And we have to come to the spiritual platform. We have to be engaged only in spiritual activities. But those who are not interested in self-realization, there must be some engagement. There are two things, Krṣṇa or maya. Just like darkness and light. Where there is Krṣṇa there is no darkness. Krṣṇa surya-sama, maya haya andhakara: "Maya is just like darkness, and Krṣṇa is just like sunlight." So as soon as there is sunlight, there is no darkness. Just like this is night. What does it mean, night? Means there is no sunlight. Sunlight is there in other part of this globe, but here there is no sunlight; therefore it is darkness. Similarly, as soon as we are not Krṣṇa conscious, there is maya, immediately. Either maya or Krṣṇa consciousness. If you are not in Krṣṇa consciousness, then you should understand that you are in maya. And if you are in Krṣṇa consciousness, then there is no maya. Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etaṁ taranti te [Bg. 7.14]. These are the open description. Anyone who is fully surrendered to Krṣṇa, he has no maya.

Now, this does not mean that we shall completely exclude sleeping. That does not... Just like gosvamis. They were liberated persons, but they were also sleeping. Because we have got this body, sleeping, rest, is necessary. We cannot neglect this body. But not that that we shall increase the necessities of life, increase the necessities of the body. That is... Rupa Gosvami has given: nirbandhaḥ; krṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairagyam ucyate. We have to, I mean to say, mold our life in such a way. What is that? Anasaktasya viṣayan yatharham upayuñjataḥ;. This is viṣaya. Viṣaya means this ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithuna. This is called viṣaya. Viṣaya does not mean one who is very rich man, he is viṣayi. No. Anyone, he may be very poor man, if he is attached to this eating, sleeping, mating and defending only, he is a viṣayi. The Locana dasa Ṭhakura says, viṣaya chariya, se rase majiya. One has to gradually give up, minimize this viṣaya. Viṣaya means ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithuna. Viṣaya.

So Rupa Gosvami gives the instruction, anasaktasya viṣayan. Anasakta. Ana..., means no attachment. Sleeping required, but not for attachment. Somebody is living for sleeping, and somebody is sleeping just to give rest to the body. Similarly, eating also. Eating is not prohibited. You have to eat, because you have got this body. But not that simply for eating I am living. This is called yukta-vairagya. Rupa Gosvami says anasaktasya viṣa... Don't be attached to the viṣaya, eating, sleeping, mating, that "I have to eat so much. I have to satisfy my palate. I have to eat this thing in the restaurant." No. You eat simply just to keep your body fit, not extra. Atyaharaḥ; prayasas ca prajalpo niyamagrahaḥ; [NoI 2]. Don't eat more than it is required for maintaining your body. Similarly, don't sleep more; as much as you require for maintaining your... Don't have sex life more than it is required. They are allowed. Just like Krṣṇa says that "Sex life which is not against religious principle, that is I am." Sex life against religion, what is that? Avaidha-stri-saṅga. Avaidha, illicit sex life, that is against religious principles. Otherwise, to get married and to beget nice children, Krṣṇa conscious children, according to sastra, that sex life is not forbidden. Krṣṇa says. So dharmaviruddhaḥ; kamo 'smi, "Which is not against religious principle, that kama, that kind of lust, I am." But not for other purposes.

In this way we have to mold our life if we are actually interested to become free from this janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duḥ;kha-doṣanudarsanam [Bg. 13.9], if we actually want to get free from the repetition of birth, death, old age and disease. That is our real problem. People do not understand that this is our real problem. They are simply engaged in some temporary problem. The real problem is that "Why I am dying? In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, na hanyate hanyamane sarire: [Bg. 2.20] 'The soul does not die even after the destruction of this body.' So why my body should be destroyed?" This is real inquiry. "Why... Can I not get a permanent body which will never be destroyed?" Yes. You'll get. You will get. Tyaktva dehaṁ punar janma naiti mam eti kaunteya [Bg. 4.9]. Krṣṇa says, "You will get a permanent body. After giving up this body," tyaktva dehaṁ punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9], "you do not get again material body." "Then where shall I go?" Mam eti: "You come to Me." If you go back to home, back to Krṣṇa, then, as Krṣṇa has got eternal body never to be destroyed, similarly Krṣṇa has got eternal body. Don't think that Krṣṇa has got a body like us. Just like Krṣṇa, when it was inquired by Arjuna, Krṣṇa said that "This Bhagavad-gita philosophy I spoke first of all to the sun-god." That (I) have calculated. It is about 400,000,000's of years ago He said. How does He remember? That means He does not change His body. We, we forget because just like in our last, past birth... Now I can remember not all, but some of my incidences of my life I remember. But I do not remember anything of my past life. Death means forgetting about the past life. So because I have changed my body, I have forgotten. But anyone who does not change his body, he does not forget. And that is the proof that Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa's body is not ordinary body. Anyone who thinks Krṣṇa as one of us, He is a muḍha. Avajananti maṁ muḍhaḥ;. Avajananti maṁ muḍha manuṣiṁ tanum asritam [Bg. 9.11]. Because He comes just like a human being, we consider that He is also a human being.

So it is a great science. Therefore Parikṣit Maharaja inquired about Krṣṇa, and Sukadeva Gosvami is describing, and he immediately said, variyan eṣa te prasnaḥ;: [SB 2.1.1] "Your question is very glorified." Yad loka-hitam: "It will be..." Variyan eṣa te prasnaḥ; krto loka-hitaṁ nrpa.

variyan eṣa te prasnaḥ;
krto loka-hitaṁ nrpa
atmavit-sammataḥ; puṁsaṁ
srotavyadiṣu yaḥ; paraḥ;
[SB 2.1.1]

Krṣṇa prasna, and Krṣṇa answer. So answer is srotavya. So srotavyadi, we are hearing so many answers. Just like you go to the market. We question and answer. There are so many questions, so many answers. But this Krṣṇa question and Krṣṇa answer, srotavyadiṣu yaḥ; paraḥ;. Paraḥ; means superior or transcendental. This is not material things. Narayaṇaḥ; paraḥ; avyaktat. Anything about Narayaṇa, that is not of this material world. That is of the spiritual world. Therefore, Krṣṇa question and Krṣṇa answer, they are not material things. Therefore, if we always engage ourself in Krṣṇa question and Krṣṇa answer... sravaṇaṁ kirtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ; [SB 7.5.23]. Therefore it is called Viṣṇu. Not that any other sravaṇaṁ kirtanam. Only Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu means viṣṇu-tattva. Ramadi-murtiṣu kala-niyamena tiṣṭhan. Viṣṇu-tattva means ramadi-murti. Rama, Nrsiṁha, Varaha, Krṣṇa... There are so many. They are described. They are viṣṇu-tattva. Viṣṇu-tattva, jiva-tattva, sakti-tattva. There are different tattvas. So sravaṇaṁ kirtanam. If you engage yourself in sravaṇaṁ kirtanam, that should be for Viṣṇu, not for any other, anyone else. Sravaṇaṁ kirtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ; smaraṇam. Smaraṇam, meditation. That is also Viṣṇu. The yogis, those who are actually yogis, they meditate upon the viṣṇu-murti within the heart. Dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yaṁ yoginaḥ; [SB 12.13.1]. Yogis, their meditation, Viṣṇu.

So this krṣṇa-prasna, Krṣṇa question and Krṣṇa answer, this is loka-hitam. Anyone hears... In another place Sri Bhagavata says, srṇvataṁ sva-kathaḥ; krṣṇaḥ; puṇya-sravaṇa-kirtanaḥ; [SB 1.2.17]. "About Krṣṇa, if you hear and speak, it is automatically puṇya-sravaṇa-kirtanaḥ;." As it is said, sravaṇaṁ kirtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ; [SB 7.5.23]. So this sravaṇam Krṣṇa, Viṣṇu, means puṇya, puṇya-sravaṇa-kirtanaḥ;. Even if you do not understand anything, if you simply sit down silently and give aural reception to the sound vibration of Hare Krṣṇa maha-mantra, you become purified. Puṇya-sravaṇa-kirtanaḥ;. Srṇvataṁ sva-kathaḥ; krṣṇaḥ; puṇya-sravaṇa-kirtanaḥ; [SB 1.2.17]. Simply by hearing, you become pious. Because we are all impious. Unless we are impious, we don't accept this material body. There may be difference of degrees. That does not make... Anyone who has come to this material world, he is to be considered as impious.

Therefore Krṣṇa said, ahaṁ tvaṁ sarva-papebhyo mokṣayiṣyami [Bg. 18.66]. Because all of us are now in this material body means there is papa. Otherwise why there is... Just like in the prison house, anyone, he may be Gandhi or he may be a small pickpocket, anyone who is in the prison house, it is to be considered that he is criminal. He is a criminal in the eyes of the government. We may worship Gandhi, that's all right, or any political leader, but government think that he is a criminal. Similarly, we have to accept the government's decision. Similarly, Krṣṇa's decision. Krṣṇa's decision is that anyone who is in this material world, beginning from Brahma down to the small ant, some way or other, they are criminal.

krṣṇa-bahirmukha haña bhoga vañcha kare
nikaṭa-stha maya tare japaṭiya dhare
(Prema-vivarta)

The maya's business is to capture. Just like criminal is arrested by the police, similarly, maya is also engaged for this purpose. Anyone who forgets Krṣṇa, anyone who wants to enjoy life, imitate like Krṣṇa... Krṣṇa is the supreme enjoyer. Bhoktaraṁ yajña-tapasaṁ sarva-loka-mahesvaram [Bg. 5.29]. He is the enjoyer. But we are imitating. Sometimes we say, "I am Krṣṇa, I am God." This is our disease. We want to imitate Krṣṇa. We want to become Krṣṇa. We want to enjoy like Krṣṇa. This is going on. So so long we have got this propensity, we are sinful. This is the substance.

Therefore Krṣṇa says, ahaṁ tvaṁ sarva-papebhyaḥ;: "If you surrender to Me... Because you have rebelled against Me. Rebelling against Me, you have come to this material world to enjoy. So I have given you all chances. I have given you chance to become Brahma, to become Indra or become Candra, to become Nixon, to become Gandhi, to become Jawaharlal Nehru, to become ant, to become cat, to become dog. I have given you all chances, and you have enjoyed. But you are not satisfied. Now, if you have got sense, just surrender to Me."

sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekaṁ saraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvaṁ sarva-papebhyo
mokṣayiṣyami ma sucaḥ;
[Bg. 18.66]

"If you actually want real happiness, then you surrender to Me. I will give you protection from this sinful reaction of life."

So those who are very grossly sinful, their business is in sleeping. Nidraya hriyate naktam. To sleep at night or to indulge sex life.

Pradyumna: Vyavayena.

Prabhupada: Vyavayena ca va vayaḥ;. Vyavaya means sex life. So vyavayena ca va vayaḥ;. The vayaḥ;... Vayaḥ; means duration of life. The more you indulge in sex life, your duration of life is reduced. That is the scientific method. Therefore the yogis, they give up sex life. It is a very great science, the breathing. During sex life there is more breathing. So the more you misuse your breathing, your duration of life is reduced. And if you can preserve this breathing, then you can increase your duration of life. Why people are dying nowadays, fifty years, sixty years, seventy years? No. One should live for at least hundred years. But because they unduly indulge in sex life, they die early. Their duration of life is reduced.

So these people, apasyatam atma-tattvam [SB 2.1.2], those who are ignorant of the atma-tattvam, they indulge in nidraya hriyate naktaṁ vyavayena ca va [SB 2.1.3]. This is their night's business. And day's business. What is the day's business? Diva carthehaya rajan. During daytime, "Where is money? Where is money? Where is money? Where is money? Where is money? Go here, go there, go there, go... All right, take money. Then how to utilize it?" Now, kuṭumba-bharaṇena va. 'Then go to the shop. Purchase this thing for my wife, for my children, for this, for that." So money earned and spent, and night, sleeping and mating. Then where is your time for cultivating Krṣṇa consciousness? This is the position. Apasyatam atma-tattvaṁ grheṣu grha-medhinam [SB 2.1.2]. Those who are blind, who do not know what is the value of this life, this human form of life, they are busy in these things. Apasyatam atma-tattvam [SB 2.1.2].

But actually, this life is meant for understanding atma-tattvam. Athato brahma jijñasa. This life is not meant for like cats and dogs-eating, sleeping, mating and defending. This is all cats' and dogs' business. Therefore those who are engaged only in these business:

yasyatma-buddhiḥ; kuṇape tri-dhatuke
sva-dhiḥ; kalatradiṣu bhauma ijya-dhiḥ;
yat-tirtha-buddhiḥ; salile na karhicij
janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ;
[SB 10.84.13]

Go-khara. Go-khara means... Go means cow, and khara means ass. Those who are acting on this bodily concept of life, they are no better than cows and asses. Therefore one who is inquisitive about atma-tattva, one who is inquisitive about Krṣṇa and such prasna, such inquiries as Parikṣit Maharaja did before Sukadeva Gosvami... He welcomed it immediately. Variyan eṣa te prasnaḥ;: [SB 2.1.1] "Oh, you have questioned very nicely about Krṣṇa." Loka-hitaṁ nrpa: "Oh it is not only good for you; it is good for all the people of the world."

So this Krṣṇa consciousness movement is not a sectarian movement. It is good for all human being because as soon as there is question of Krṣṇa, people will hear. Actually, it is happening all over the world. Especially the younger generation, why they are taking interest? Because loka-hitam. They are understanding that it is beneficial. Every student, every disciple, they write me letter how much they are feeling grateful, that "We have got something. Prabhupada, you have given us something." Of course, I have not given. It is not my property. I have simply informed them, "Here is Krṣṇa, and the life's business is to become a devotee." Krṣṇa said, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji maṁ namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. This is your business. So anyone who becomes engaged in this loka-hitam, beneficial to the human society, he will be happy. But he has to control over these things: ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca. These animals propensities should be controlled. Then it will be impetus. It will give acceleration to advance in Krṣṇa consciousness. Therefore we have got the restriction: no illicit sex life, no gambling, no meat-eating, no intoxication. If we can control, if you follow these regulative principles and regularly chant Hare Krṣṇa maha-mantra, gradually you'll realize everything. Paraṁ vijayate sri-krṣṇa-saṅkirtanam.

So this is the actually understanding of Bhagavata. We are speaking on the Second Canto. So Bhagavata should not be finished... Now they have become, made a business, finish within seven days, Bhagavata-saptaha. So what they will understand Bhagavata. One sloka, you cannot understand in seven months, one sloka. Janmady asya yataḥ; [SB 1.1.1]. What you will understand? This has become a business. The Bhagavata never says that "You hear for seven days." Never says it. We have read. There is no mention in the Bhagavata that Bhagavata should be heard for seven days. No commentator. There are many, many big commentators. Sridhara Svami, Jiva Gosvami and Visvanatha Cakravarti, Viraraghavacarya, Madhvacarya, so many big, big. There are... Nobody has mentioned about Bhagavata-saptaha. And in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said, nityaṁ bhagavata-sevaya [SB 1.2.18]. Nityam: "daily." What you will understand? What is your merit that you will understand?

So everything has become professional. So therefore people are in darkness. One should be very serious, serious to understand the teachings of Bhagavatam. Then he will actually make profit and make a successful life. Nityaṁ bhagavata-sevaya. This... Nityabhiyuktanam. Nityabhiyuktanam. This Krṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for engaging the people twenty-four hours in Krṣṇa consciousness, twenty-four hours. Not that partial: "Twenty-three hours and sixty minutes I spoil myself in this nidraya hriyate naktam, and for fifteen minutes I make some Krṣṇa consciousness." No, not like that. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, kirtaniyaḥ; sada hariḥ;.

trṇad api sunicena
taror api sahiṣṇuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyaḥ; sada hariḥ;
[Cc. Adi 17.31]

Sada means twenty-four hours. You should have to mold your life in such a way that twenty-four hours you will be thinking of Krṣṇa. Man-mana bhava mad-bhaktaḥ;. That will make your life perfect.

Thank you very much. Hare Krṣṇa. (end)

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