Search

Prabhupāda: So in the previous verse it has been discussed what is first-class religion. Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato …

Practically also we see that the state laws, state laws are meant for the human beings. State laws are not …

So therefore dharma begins from human life. Dharma is the law given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just like …

Just yesterday, the Chief Minister, Asan[?], came. He was speaking that "It has become a fashion of the modern age …

Dharmeṇa hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ [Hitopadeśa]. If there is no dharma, religious principles... Religious principles includes all moral principles also, social …

So dharma is the life of human beings. And there are different types of dharmas. Not that, as some rascals …

So what is śūdra's dharma, that is not brāhmaṇa's dharma, because śūdra cannot execute the dharma of the brāhmaṇa. And …

Samo damas titikṣā ārjavam, jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam [Bg. 18.42]. Śauryaṁ vīryaḥ yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam īśvara-bhāvaś ca [Bg. 18.43]. …

But the ultimate goal of life is to attain bhakti-yoga. Therefore in this verse it is said,

[SB 1.2.7]

To execute religious principles means gradually elevated to the highest principle of knowledge. The highest principle of knowledge is bhakti-yoga. …

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, in the introduction... Vyāsadeva is giving you introduction = dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavaḥ atra, "All kinds of cheating religious …

This is meant for paramo nirmatsarāṇām, this dharma. Paramo nirmatsarāṇām. Paramo nirmatsara means Vaiṣṇavas. Vaiṣṇava is not envious. They are …

All other dharmas, any dharma, they execute dharma for personal benefit. Just like in Christian religion, they pray to God... …

Cheating... Dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavaḥ atra... In this connection, Śrīdhara Svāmī has commented, artha mokṣavāṁś ca nirastham[?]. Those who are aspiring after …

Why cheating? That is explained by Kavirāja Gosvāmī in his Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Kavirāja Gosvāmī says that,

[Cc. Madhya 19.149]

So bhukti-mukti-siddhi. Bhukti means karmīs, those who are aspiring after being elevated to the higher planetary system, Svargaloka, or higher …

So because they are demanding something, aspiring something for sense gratification, therefore that is cheating. That is not religion. Bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kāmī …

But we are after śānti. We are not for aśānti. Therefore in the previous verse it has been explained, yayātmā …