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

[Bg. 2.7]

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Prabhupāda: Hmm. This is very important verse in Bhagavad-gītā. It is a turning point of life. Kārpaṇya-doṣa. Miserly. Doṣa means …

One who has, who is habituated, or one whose nature, characteristic in some way, it is very difficult to change. …

So in the animal life it is not possible to change one's nature, which is given by the material energy, …

The same example = If you take a drop of seawater, the quality, the chemical composition, is the same, but …

The impersonalist rascal, they cannot understand what is the nature of God. In the Bible also it is said, "Man …

Just like this planet is carrying so many big, big mountains, sea, but still it is flying. It is floating …

So the quality is the same, but the quantity is different. So because the quality's same, so we have got …

Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ [Bg. 3.27]. As soon as we fall down under the clutches of this prakṛti, material …

So these things are described very vividly in Upaniṣad, how guṇa-sanga acts. Just like a fire; there are sparks. The..., …

Tamo-guṇa means they're very lazy and sleepy. Rajo-guṇa means very active, but active like monkey. Just like monkey's very active, …

So they are guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ. Guṇa. Guṇa has to be taken into account. Śrī Kṛṣṇa therefore said, catur vārṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ …

So devotional service is not within these material qualities. They are transcendental. Bhakti is transcendental. Therefore, you cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, …

So here Arjuna says that kārpaṇya-doṣopahataḥ-svabhāvaḥ [Bg. 2.7]. "I am kṣatriya." He understands that "I am doing wrong. I am …

Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja says, durlabhaṁ manuṣyaṁ janma adhruvam arthadam [SB 7.6.1]. He was preaching amongst his class friends. He was …

This human body is durlabhaṁ. Labdhvā sudurlabhaṁ idam bahu sambhavānte [SB 11.9.29]. This human form of body is a great …

So therefore in the human society there must be a system of division. That is called varṇāśrama-dharma. That is Vedic …