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So Prahlāda Mahārāja says that what is the use by expanding your attachment to this material world by children? Apatya-dāra. …

And rājya, kingdom. Rājya. Kośa. Kośa means treasury. These are concerned with government. Government wants to expand. Rājya, kośa, and …

That is royal opulence. So rājya-kośa-gajāmātya [SB 7.7.44]. Amātya means minister, and bhṛtya, bhṛtya means servants, and āptā mean friend. …

[aside:] Is not working? Yes.

Therefore they have no information what is the... If we say that "You work for nonperishable things," he'll be astonished, …

So Prahlāda Mahārāja recommends that "Don't try for nonperishable things... Don't try for perishable things. Try for nonperishable things." And …

bhaktyā uktayeṣaṁ bhajatātma-labdhaye

[SB 7.7.40].

[It is learned from Vedic literature that by performing great sacrifices one may elevate himself to the heavenly planets. However, …

As the devotees recommend to worship the Supreme Lord, and the Supreme Lord also confirms it: yad gatvā na nivartante …

[That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never …

Prahlāda Mahārāja recommends that "My dear friends, you just worship that Supreme Personality of Godhead, where going, nobody comes back."

yad-artha iha karmāṇi vidvan-māny asakṛn naraḥ karoty ato viparyāsam amoghaṁ vindate phalaṁ

[SB 7.7.41]

[A materialistic person, thinking himself very advanced in intelligence, continually acts for economic development. But again and again, as enunciated …

In this material world we are making so many plans for permanent settlement, but unfortunately, we are meeting with just …

People do not understand it. They are seeing, experiencing, from śāstra; from scripture we are getting instruction that nothing is …

Just like the fire. In New York City, at least, within twenty-four hours, there are at least ten or fifteen …

In other words, that fire is always ready to vanish everything, but artificially, somehow or other, we are trying to …

So however we may make plans to live very happily, the nature's law is that it will destroy.