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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [break]

putrāṁś ca śiṣyāṁś ca nṛpo gurur vā mal-loka-kāmo mad-anugrahārthaḥ itthaṁ vimanyur anuśiṣyād ataj-jñān na yojayet karmasu karma-mūḍhān kaṁ yogayan manujo …

[SB 5.5.15]

[01:43]

Translation = "If one is serious about going back to home, back to Godhead, he must consider the mercy of …

Prabhupāda:

putrāṁś ca śiṣyāṁś ca nṛpo gurur vā mal-loka-kāmo mad-anugrahārthaḥ itthaṁ vimanyur anuśiṣyād ataj-jñān na yojayet karmasu karma-mūḍhān kaṁ yogayan manujo …

[SB 5.5.15]

So there are two kinds of ruler or controller. One is the government, and the other is the teacher. Or …

So there are two different, I mean to say, controller. One is guru and the other is the king or …

So the aim of life is to go back home, back to Godhead. And we do not know what is …

The whole purpose is therefore how to get out of this suffering. Vindate tāpān mūḍha. So the aim of life …

So this is going on. But that is not the fact. Fact is different. Therefore, putrāṁś ca śiṣyāṁś ca. Śiṣya... …

One who is trying to be happy in this material world, he is durātmā; he is not mahātmā. Durātmā. Durāśayā. …

Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam. But they are taking it otherwise. Therefore either the government or the spiritual master, they should not give program, …

So itthaṁ vimanyur anuśiṣyād ataj-jñān. But they are foolish, ataj-jñān. There is no knowledge. So simply see. Na yojayet karmasu …

The story of the potter. The potter is planning. He has got few pots, and he is planning, "Now I …

This is karma-jagat, this world. This material world is that. They are already inclined, so what is the use? Loke …

Therefore our Vedic civilization is that people are satisfied in his own position---a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. Whatever by God's …

So we have... People are becoming inclined to karma-sukha[?]. So it is a very difficult position to convince them that …