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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] …

na brāhmaṇais tulaye bhūtam anyat paśyāmi viprāḥ kim ataḥ paraṁ tu yasmin nṛbhiḥ prahutaṁ śraddhayāham aṣnāmi kāmaṁ na tathāgni-hotre

[SB 5.5.23]

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Translation = "O respectful brāhmaṇas, as far as I am concerned, no one is equal or superior to the brāhmaṇas …

Prabhupāda:

na brāhmaṇais tulaye bhūtam anyat paśyāmi viprāḥ kim ataḥ paraṁ tu yasmin nṛbhiḥ prahutaṁ śraddhayāham aṣnāmi kāmaṁ na tathāgni-hotre

[SB 5.5.23]

So Ṛṣabhadeva is teaching us what is the value of brahminical culture. Human society without brahminical culture is animal society. …

Therefore Ṛṣabhadeva personally speaking that na brāhmaṇais tulaye bhūtam anyat. There are 8,400,000 of living entities, and as we have …

tato rājas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati

[SB 1.2.19]

Unless we control the base qualities, namely the modes of ignorance and passion, you cannot be happy. It is not …

Āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca sāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇām. Āhāra means eating. Āhāra, nidrā, sleeping, and fearing and sense enjoyment. These are required, …

Unfortunately the present civilization, they are not meant for decreasing. They are simply increasing. The Western civilization means increasing the …

So to become fit for going back to home, back to Godhead, it is not so easy. It is not …

There are three guṇas---sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa. If you remain in the lower platforms, tamo-guṇa, rajo-guṇa... Tamo-guṇa, rajo-guṇa means, as I …

Therefore it is said, na brāhmaṇais tulaye bhūtam anyat. Actual brāhmaṇa, not the so-called brāhmaṇa. That was the Vedic culture. …

Devotee: Rukmiṇī.

Prabhupāda: Rukmiṇī. He [she] took immediately the cāmara. He [she] said, "My husband is respecting." But he was dressed very …