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Prabhupāda: [Chants jaya rādhā-mādhava] [prema-dhvani]

[01:59]

Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat]

anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje lokasyājānato vidvāṁś cakre sātvata-saṁhitām

[SB 1.7.6]

[break] [04:15]

Translation = "The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the …

Prabhupāda: Anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣāt. Anartha means... Artha means which is essential, artha. So anartha means just the opposite. So our present …

So unless we are sober, for stopping one kind of unwanted thing we have to introduce another. This is karma-kāṇḍa-vicāra. …

So in this way we have been entangled. This is called anartha. Therefore that gentleman was... "If we take everyone..." …

So... But after all, it is anartha. To increase too much of these necessities of life, that is anartha. That …

[aside:] What did he say? Did he accept our formula or not?

Yogeśvara: He was reluctant.

Prabhupāda: Just see. He will not accept. He will come to consult you, but if you say something which is …

So for all these anarthas, the only means is bhakti-yoga. Śravaṇam. Bhakti-yoga means śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam [SB 7.5.23]. Let everyone, all …

Why the anartha is created? How? That is explained in the previous verse.

yayā sammohito jīva ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam paro 'pi manute anarthaṁ tat-kṛtaṁ cābhipadyate

[SB 1.7.5]

Vyāsadeva, under the instruction... [break] Everything is possible simply by bhakti-yoga. So bhakti-yogena, by the means of bhakti-yoga, his mind …

So Vyāsadeva, under the instruction of his spiritual master, Nārada, he meditated in bhakti-yoga, and he saw the Supreme Personality …