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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees …

aho me paśyatājñānaṁ hṛdi rūḍhaṁ durātmanaḥ pārakyasyaiva dehasya bahvyo me 'kṣauhiṇīr hatāḥ

[SB 1.8.48]

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aho---O; me---my; paśyata---just see; ajñānam---ignorance; hṛdi---in the heart; rūḍham---situated in; durātmanaḥ---of the sinful; pārakyasya---meant for others; eva---certainly; dehasya---of the body; …

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Translation = "King Yudhiṣṭhira said = O my lot! I am the most sinful man. Just see my heart, which …

Prabhupāda: So anyone explaining? You can explain.

Pradyumna: This King Yudhiṣṭhira is lamenting that the body, this material body, does not actually belong to us. We can …

It is subject to the religion we are born in. It is subject to so many rules and regulations beyond …

Prabhupāda: This one word, pārakyasya, is very important. If you work... Somebody is working very hard. Nobody is interested to …

From the very beginning, the body was given by father and mother. So if anyone creates something, so that thing …

Then somebody maintains you. Suppose you are working in office, in a factory. So actually that body belongs to him, …

There are three stages, three different kinds of transformation of this body after death = stool, ashes and worms, uh, …

So this is called ajñānam. If you work for your own thing, there is some sense. But if you are …

So our intelligence is, if we have to work for others and sacrifice this body for others, why not for …

So in this way, we are actually servant of our senses and of dictation of the senses. This is our …

So therefore Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja says, aho me paśyata ajñānam: "Just see how much foolish I am. I am foolish, I …

Devotees: Republican.

Prabhupāda: Republic party. So many things are going on, ajñāna. This is ajñāna. Philosophy means to see intelligently, darśana. The …