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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [break]

tvayi me 'nanya-viṣayā matir madhu-pate 'sakṛt ratim udvahatād addhā gaṅgevaugham udanvati

[SB 1.8.42]

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"O Lord of Madhu, as the Ganges forever flows to the sea without hindrance, let my attraction be constantly drawn …

Prabhupāda:

tvayi me 'nanya-viṣayā matir madhu-pate 'sakṛt ratim udvahatād addhā gaṅgevaugham udanvati

[SB 1.8.42]

So in the previous verse, Kuntīdevī prayed to Kṛṣṇa, sneha-pāśam imaṁ chindhi [SB 1.8.41] = "Please cut off my attraction, …

So nobody is immortal within this material world. And still, we are attached. We want to be immortal. That is …

So our real business is how to attain that eternal life. That is real business. Other business, they are not …

Therefore to take birth in India is a privilege. It is a privilege, because it is not ordinary thing. Therefore …

bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya-janma haila yāra janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra

[Cc. Ādi 9.41]

This para-upakāra, doing welfare activities to others, that is meant for India. But the Indian should first of all make …

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

[Cc. Madhya 8.58]

"The aim of human life, the goal of human life, is to satisfy the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu." Viṣṇur ārādhyate.

Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum [SB 7.5.31]. These rascals, they do not know that human life is meant for …

So therefore the family attraction especially, the family attraction is so strong that life after life one is bound up …