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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Devotees repeat] [leads chanting, etc.]

tat-prayāso na kartavyo yata āyur-vyayaḥ param na tathā vindate kṣemaṁ mukunda-caraṇāmbujam

[SB 7.6.4]

[02:35]

Translation = "Endeavors merely for sense gratification or material happiness through economic development are not to be performed, for they …

Prabhupāda:

tat-prayāso na kartavyo yata āyur-vyayaḥ param na tathā vindate kṣemaṁ mukunda-caraṇāmbujam

[SB 7.6.4]

This is the essence of instruction of all Vedic instructions. What is that? Na tat prayāso kartavyo. Everyone is engaged …

In Western countries, when I did not come to your country I thought USA or in Europe, there is no …

That is also, Prahlāda Mahārāja says in another place, na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇoḥ durāśayā ye bahir-arthah-māninaḥ. People, general, …

In another place, Ṛṣabhadeva says,

nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma yad indriya-prītaya āpṛṇoti na sādhu manye yata ātmano 'yam asann api kleśada āsa dehaḥ

[SB 5.5.4]

The real problem is that how to stop to get another material body. Where is that education? They do not …

yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ yat tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ

[SB 10.84.13]

Animals. Go means cows and khara means ass. So without self-realization, without understanding what I am, whether I am this …

Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja says, "Don't waste your time in the matter of animal civilization." Na tat prayāso kartavyo. "Don't waste …

Then what is that verse?