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Pradyumna: Translation = "Duties, or dharma, executed by men are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke …

Prabhupāda: So, dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsām. Dharma generally meant occupational duty. We have several times explained, the English dictionary, dharma is …

Real dharma, constitutional position of the living entity, is to serve Kṛṣṇa. That is real dharma. Kṛṣṇa also confirms in …

There are two kinds of dharma = kaitava, cheating religious system, and real religious system. That is the subject matter …

Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra syāt [SB 11.2.42]. If actually one is making progress in devotional service, he must be detestful …

Everyone is inclined for his self-interest, but they do not know what is real self-interest. Somebody is thinking, "To satisfy …

So na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum [SB 7.5.31]. People do not know.

[break] ...svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum. Real self-interest is to become Vaiṣṇava, servitor of Viṣṇu. Viṣṇur asya devatā iti vaiṣṇava. That is …

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives his comment, hṛta-jñānāḥ naṣṭa-buddhayaḥ: "One who has lost his intelligence, they are inclined to worship …

So people, having no information of the spirit soul, they are interested in body and mind, and they have created …

So one has to execute... The brāhmaṇa must execute his system of life, satyaṁ śamo damas titikṣā ārjava, jñānaṁ vijñānam …

Nowadays, either brāhmaṇa or kṣatriya or vaiśya, practically everything is lost. Nobody is executing his occupational duties. Simply śūdra, without …

So even one executes his sva-dharma very nicely, but if he does not develop his Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then śrama eva …

So,

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed ratim yadi...

[SB 1.2.8]

This hearing process is very, very important. But people are not interested in hearing. They are simply busy in some …

As you know, because I was little interested in hearing my Guru Mahārāja, he accepted me as his disciple. He …

So hearing is very important thing. Notpādayed yadi ratim, viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ. Kathā. Hari-kathā. This is accepted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. …

Actually, unless the human society comes to the category of varṇāśrama-dharma, he is not a human being; he is animal. …