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Harikeśa: "Money is so dear that one conceives that money is sweeter than honey, and who can give up the …

Prabhupāda:

ko nv artha-tṛṣṇāṁ visṛjet prāṇebhyo 'pi ya īpsitaḥ yaṁ krīṇāty asubhiḥ preṣṭhais taskaraḥ sevako vaṇik

[SB 7.6.10]

So here is one condemnation, that taskaraḥ, sevakaḥ and vaṇik. Similarly, there is another verse in Bhagavad-gītā, striyaḥ vaiśya tathā …

This world is going on, this material world going on the principle of sense gratification, puṁsaḥ striya mithunī-bhāvam etat. Everyone …

puṁsaḥ striyā mithunī-bhavam etat tayor mitho hṛdaya-granthim āhuḥ ato gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho 'yam ahaṁ mameti

[SB 5.5.8]

So when they are united, then the attraction for man or attraction for woman becomes very, very strong. Then he …

So therefore in the Vedic civilization, from the very beginning of life the brahmacārī is educated not to be attracted …

So on account of this deep affection for maintaining family, everyone is risking life. The example is given here that …

So taskaraḥ. Who risks his life? First of all taskaraḥ, thieves. And the next? Taskaraḥ sevakaḥ. Sevakaḥ, servant. Still, in …

So actually, if one becomes too much attached to family life, and one has to become---this is the way---then he …

According to Vedic civilization, one who does not follow the Vedic principle, he is called nāstik. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has explained …

veda nā māniyā bauddha haya ta’ nāstika vedāśraya nāstikya-vāda bauddhake adhika

[Cc. Madhya 6.168]

But a person, hypocrite, who accepts the Vedas but he preaches atheism... Just like you are praying that śūnyavādi, nirviśeṣa …

And the vedāśraya nāstikya-vāda, the Māyāvādīs, they do not say there is no God, because in the Vedas there is …

Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that these Māyāvādīs, zero-vādis, they are more dangerous than this bauddha. Vedāśraya nāstikya-vāda. All these Māyāvādī …

That is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā: