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

jalaukasāṁ jale yadvan mahānto 'danty aṇīyasaḥ durbalān balino rājan mahānto balino mithaḥ

evaṁ baliṣṭhair yadubhir mahadbhir itarān vibhuḥ yadūn yadubhir anyonyaṁ bhū-bhārān sañjahāra ha

[SB 1.15.25-26]

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Prabhupāda: Now read the word meaning.

Pradyumna: jalaukasām---of the aquatics; jale---in the water; yadvat---as it is; mahāntaḥ---the larger one; adanti---swallows; aṇīyasaḥ---smaller ones; durbalān---the weak; balinaḥ---the stronger; …

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Translation = "O King, as in the ocean the bigger and stronger aquatics swallow up the smaller and weaker ones, …

Prabhupāda: Hm. This is the theory of struggle for existence and survival of the fittest. The law of nature is …

ahastāni sahastānām apadāni catuṣ-padām phalgūni tatra mahatāṁ jīvo jīvasya jīvanam

[SB 1.13.47]

A living entity, they live by eating another living entity. What is that? Now, ahastāni sahastānām. Sahastānām means those who …

So that culture begins, civilized, in the Āryan families. Therefore they are called Āryans, "advanced." Āryan means advanced. People want …

So this is the law of nature, that the weaker section is devoured by the stronger section. So here it …

So unless you come to this platform, as Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ [Bg. 4.13], then …

varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān viṣṇur ārādhyate puṁsāṁ nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam

[Cc. Madhya 8.58]

Our... What is the aim of life? The aim of life is that we are now detached from God. This …

mukha-bāhūru-pādebhyaḥ puruṣasyāśramaiḥ saha jajñire catvāro varṇā viprādayaḥ guṇair pṛthak