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Pradyumna: Translation = "Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, son of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, was not only transcendentally powerful, he was also very dear …

Prabhupāda:

harer guṇākṣipta-matir bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ adhyagān mahad ākhyānaṁ nityaṁ viṣṇu-jana-priyaḥ

[SB 1.7.11]

This Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, mahā-purāṇam... It is called mahā-purāṇam. Mahad ākhyānam. Ākhyānam, narration, history. It is not fictitious; it is history. The …

So Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is amalaṁ purāṇam. Amalam. Mala means dirty things, and amalam means without any dirty things. What is that …

So who will be interested in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam? That is mentioned here = harer guṇākṣipta-matiḥ. Kṣipta, kṣipta means madness. Here is …

Therefore we shall be very, very careful about impious activities. Impious activities..., we know the four legs of impious activities …

Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu said especially two things = viṣayiṇāṁ sandarśanam atha yoṣitāṁ ca [Cc. Madhya 11.8]. Two things = woman …

Pradyumna: [indistinct]

Prabhupāda: No, no. In a garden where Lord Śiva was engaged with Umā, husband and wife, so all of a …

So in this material world, because our mentality is to enjoy, therefore he is called puruṣa. Puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte …

So prakṛti-stho hi. We are in this material world. What is this material world? Material world means three modes of …

māṁ ca vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena ya sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

[Bg. 14.26]

Immediately. Immediately you can be placed on the transcendental platform as soon as you begin your devotional service. Avyabhicāreṇa: without …

So Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore recommends that niṣkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya [Cc. Madhya 11.8]. Anyone who is aspiring to become advanced in Kṛṣṇa …

So we should be very careful. That requires, I mean to say, training, very strong training in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Unless …

So madness there is. So one madness you have to give up---this material madness---and you have to become mad after …

yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ govinda-viraheṇa me