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Prabhupāda:

śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam

[When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of …

We shall speak something about the compilation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by Vyāsadeva.

[break] ...known as Vedavyāsa. Vedavyāsa, because he has compiled all the Vedic literatures, wonderful education. There are millions of verses …

atha taṁ sukham āsīna upāsīnaṁ bṛhac-chravāḥ devarṣiḥ prāha viprarṣiṁ vīṇā-pāṇiḥ smayann iva

[SB 1.5.1]

[Sūta Gosvāmī said: Thus the sage amongst the gods [Nārada], comfortably seated and apparently smiling, addressed the ṛṣi amongst the …

So Devarṣi, when he was comfortably seated, with his hand..., in his hand that vīṇā, vīṇā-pāṇiḥ. Vīṇā-pāṇiḥ is called Sarasvatī. …

Students, they worship Sarasvatī for getting learning, material knowledge. And we Vaiṣṇavas, we also... He is also Sarasvatī. Nārada is …

So there are two kinds of knowledge: avidyā and vidyā. Real vidyā means brahma-vidyā. This brahma-jijñāsā, athāto brahma..., that is …

[“’The internal potency of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is spiritual, as verified by the śāstras. There is another spiritual potency, …

So now, at the present moment, the education is being given to the people how to work hard, karma-saṁjña. That …

But in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam you will find the instruction is, by Ṛṣabhadeva, that this life is not meant for that …

You have to work hard. If you want to enjoy senses, they are not very easily available. It is said …

So one has to work, because his business is to become servant. Jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa [Cc. Madhya 20.10].

[“It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy …

So if he does not become servant of Kṛṣṇa, then he will have to become servant of māyā. Just like …

And if we work the same thing for sense gratification, that is simply spoiling time. This is the technology of …

[A person who remains unattached to objects of the senses, only engaging in sensual activities in proper moderation, i.e.. not …