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Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]

Pradyumna: Translation = "Even though one may be very learned and wise, he is mad if he does not understand …

Prabhupāda:

yadā na paśyaty ayathā guṇehāṁ svārthe pramattaḥ sahasā vipaścit gata-smṛtir vindati tatra tāpān āsādya maithunyam agāram ajñaḥ

[SB 5.5.7]

So one has to be vipaścit, learned, to understand the interest of life, self-interest. Everyone is working, especially the karmīs, …

There are, for the materialistic person, there are two varieties of self-interest. One is concentrated interest and other is expanded …

Philanthropy is when one becomes interested in Kṛṣṇa's interest. That is real philanthropy. Otherwise it is all kāma. There is …

Yadā na paśyaty ayathā guṇehāṁ svārthe. Everyone should be interested, but svārtha. This is svārtha, that if you get a …

The same example, yathā taror mūla-niṣecanena tṛpyanti tat-skandha-bhujopaśākhāḥ [SB 4.31.14]. The process is that you have to pour water at …

So we have got example in our country. Many countries; not only our country. Your country also, that President Kennedy, …

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed yadi ratiṁ śrama eva hi kevalam

[SB 1.2.8]

So that is simply waste of time. The same thing is repeated, na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ durāśayā ye …

kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha durlabhaṁ mānuṣo janma adhruvam apy arthadam

[SB 7.6.1]

This human form of life, although adhruvam... Everybody, we cannot continue this body for all the time. It will be …

kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam

[SB 7.6.1]

This we must understand, that although we have got also a body, and the dog has also a body, the …