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There are so many nice qualification. So if a brāhmaṇa does not discharge his duties, it is said that he …

So Nārada Muni says that "Suppose next life a brāhmaṇa falls down, he takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Neither he executes …

Just like, according to Hindu civilization... Now, in this country, so the boys and girls who are taking to Kṛṣṇa …

So those who are joining in this movement in this country, they are supposed to be previously Kṛṣṇa conscious. Somehow …

So Nārada Muni stresses this point, that yatra kva vā abhadram abhūd amuṣya kim. There is no loss. The... Because …

Those who have taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they should not be satisfied that whatever they have done, it is nice—"Even …

Just like our program in this New Vrindaban, very nice program. From four-thirty in the morning till ten o'clock, there …

Next verse: bhakti-vāsanā sad-bhāva iti bhava avayad vistu kevalam sva dharma pakvo 'tha vayaptya abhajatam[?]. Now, once this Kṛṣṇa consciousness …

[SB 1.5.18]

Nanu svadharma matrad api karmana pitṛloka srute, pitṛloka-prāpti phalaṁ asti va tatraha tasyaite kovida viveki tasyaiva hetoḥ tad arthaṁ yatra …

So similarly, this kind of activity, sense-gratificatory activities, they are not karmīs even. They are vikarmīs. Because they are preparing …

"By such activities they are going to the darkest region of hell." Adānta... Why? Now adānta-gobhiḥ. Adānta means uncontrolled, and …

So activi..., real activity means to elevate yourself. That is..., that is called karma. Karma, akarma and vikarma. Vikarma means …

Therefore generally, Vedic..., those who are following the Vedic principles, they become active in the ritualistic ceremony. The idea is …

So the karmīs are like that. They want actually sense gratification, but they want higher standard of sense gratification. Yes. …

[SB 1.5.18]

"You should try... One should try to achieve that thing which cannot be gained even by going up or going …

There are seven... According to Vedic information, there are fourteen different spheres of planetary system: seven down and seven up. …

Then Janaloka. In Janaloka... Great saintly persons, after death, they go to Janaloka or Maharloka. Then there is Satyaloka, or …

So here Nārada Muni says that "Try to achieve that thing which is not gained even if you go to …