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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

[SB 1.2.9]

Prabhupāda: Next.

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]

[break] ...not; arthaḥ---end; arthāya---for material gain; upakalpate---is meant for; na---neither; arthasya---of material gain; dharma-eka-antasya---for one who is engaged in the …

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Prabhupāda: Hm. So Sūta Gosvāmī is describing the purpose of religiosity. Dharmasya hy āpavargyasya. Dharma, to accept a system of …

So dharmasya hy āpavargyasya. "A" means negation, negation of pavarga. Pa means pariśrama, labor. Here, in this material world, the …

Just see how hard they are laboring. Even just like an ass. In big cities we have seen, human beings …

Similarly, Kṛṣṇa has provided everything. Kṛṣṇa is giving food to the elephant. In Africa, there are millions of elephants, and …

But there is no confidence. He's thinking that "Unless I work very, very hard, I cannot live." The more a …

So there are 8,400,000 species of life. They're all eating at the cost of God. Why human being is so …

[aside:] Ask them not... [Hindi]

Avidyā-karma-saṁjña.

This material world is ignorance, darkness. Because he..., people have no knowledge of that Kṛṣṇa is providing everyone food. Eko …

Therefore it is said here, dharmasya hy āpavargyasya. To perform religious..., religiosity means how to get out of this material …

So to take to religiosity means to get out of this pavarga. Dharmasya hy āpavargyasya. Not pavargyasya. Dharmasya hy āpavargyasya …

Therefore, generally people become devotee of Lord Śiva, because easily pliable. Viṣṇu is not so easily pliable. Devī is easily …

Actually, devotion cannot be applied except to Viṣṇu. Therefore Bhagavad-gītā says, kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ yajante anya-devatāḥ [Bg. 7.20]. These …

But if you warn..., if you worship Viṣṇu, even one percent you have... Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt …