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Prabhupāda: Mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ [SB 5.5.2]. In another place it is said mahat-sevā, rendering service to the pure devotee, …

mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ bhajanty ananya manaso

[Bg. 9.13]

This is the mahātmā. They are under the daivī-prakṛti. Daivī-prakṛti... There are two kinds of prakṛtis, we have studied in …

Just like we are trying to be under the guidance of Rādhārāṇī, daivī-prakṛti. Prakṛti means woman, and daivī, transcendental woman. …

So those who are materialist, they take shelter of the material energy, and those who are transcendentalist, they take shelter …

So śuśrūṣoḥ, śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya [SB 1.2.16]. Those who are engaged in hearing with faith, śraddadhāna... Ādau śraddhā. Without faith, you …

So this appreciation is also an..., also a lift for such person. If he doesn't hear, doesn't come, simply one …

So śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya vāsudeva-kathā-ruciḥ. In the previous verse it has been explained, yad anudhyāsinā yuktāḥ. One has to be engaged …

We are getting the sword one after another, simply by hearing. I started this movement in New York. You all …

So as soon as he gets a ruci... Ruci, ruci means taste. "Ah, here is Kṛṣṇa talks, very nice. Let …

So ruci, the taste for hearing vāsudeva-kathā, kṛṣṇa-kathā, this materially diseased person cannot taste. This ruci, taste. To get this …

Then third stage is bhajana-kriyā. When one is associating nicely, then he will feel, "Why not become a disciple?" So …

Then anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt. As soon as one is actually doing bhajana-kriyā... Bhajana-kriyā means chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and observe the …

According to Vedic civilization, because man is very aggressive, so he's allowed to accept more than one wife. He's allowed. …

So in Vedic system a husband can marry... Why others? Kṛṣṇa, He married 16,000 wives. But not like us. He …

Just like Kṛṣṇa's father, he had also sixteen wives. Kṛṣṇa is one wife's son. Vasudeva... Subhadrā is another wife's daughter. …

So this rascaldom, so long the rascaldom is not gone, illicit sex, intoxication... These are called anartha. Anartha. Unnecessarily they …

Then next stage is niṣṭhā, faith. That faith, beginning faith, becomes strong, fixed up. Then ruci, this ruci, taste. Just …

[aside:] Don't do that.