rmad Bhgavatam Canto 10: Lectures

rmad-Bhgavatam 10.22.35

Bombay, March 19, 1971

Prabhupda: There is a verse in the rmad-Bhgavatam,
etvaj janma-sphalya
dehinm iha dehiu
prair arthair dhiy vc
reya-caraa sad
[SB 10.22.35]

Etvaj janma-sphalyam.
In
order
to
make
our
life
successful, dehinm iha dehiu. There are many embodied souls,
8,400,000 of species of life. Out of that, this civilized form of life,
especially those who are followers of Vedic regulations, they are called
the Aryans or the advanced civilized persons. So, it is obtained after
many,
many
evolutionary
process. Bahunam janmanam ante [Bg. 7.19]. Labdhv sudur... Sudurla
bha idam bahnjanmanm ante. So dehinm iha dehiu, of all the
embodied souls, this embodied soul, this human form of life is meant
for liberation. We are entangled in this chain of repeated birth and
death, old age and disease, but we are not yet fed up. We think that,
"All right, let us go on like this," but that is not actually advancement of
knowledge. That is ignorance. There is a way to stop this repetition of
birth, death, old age, and disease. Therefore in this age, in this life
especially, we should try to get out of this entanglement. That is the
special function of this human form of life. Dehinm iha dehiu. There
are many deh Deh means one who accepts this material body, he is
called deh In
the Bhagavad-gt also
it
is
said, kaumra yauvanam jara, tath dehntaraprpti dhras tatra namuhyati [Bg. 2.13]. Dehinm iha dehiu.
So deh means I am not this body, but I have accepted this body. Just
like we accept a kind of dress. Similarly, according to my desire,
according to my karma, I have accepted a certain type of body and
according to that body, I am subject to different types of pains and
pleasures. This is going on. Therefore Bhgavata says especially in this
body it is the duty of everyone, reya caraam. There are two words in
the Vedic literaturereya and preya. Preya means... Just like
ordinarily everyone is engaged in some sort of duty for sense

gratification. Everyone is working very hard to satisfy the senses

according to his standard of desire. So that is called preya, immediate
benefit. But besides this preya, there is another departmental activities
which is reya. Just like children, they like to play. That is preya. But
his guardians are anxious that the child may not be spoiled, he may be
educated for his future life. That is reya. So Bhgavata says that in this
life, we should not be after preya, immediate benefit or immediate
object of sense gratification. We should be thoughtful what I am, why I
am put into these material conditions of life, and what is the way to get
out of it. That is reya. reyacaraam.
So, people should be engaged, in the human form of life, for
activities of ultimate goal of life, and that is Kaor Viu. That they
do not know. Na te vidu svrtha-gati hi vium [SB 7.5.31]. Being
captivated by the external energy, my, we have forgotten our interest.
We are working for a different interest. That is preya, not for reya.
The reya is Viu or Ka. So I do not wish to take much of your time,
you are all busy men. And I thank you very much that you have come.
And we require your cooperation, prair arthair dhiy vc.
Somebody should dedicate his life for this great
movement, Ka consciousness. So these American boys, European
boys, and there are some Indians also, they have dedicated their life for
this purposeto spread Ka consciousness. Similarly, if one cannot
dedicate his life, then he should dedicate his money as far as possible.
According to ourGosvm's program, everyone should sacrifice fifty
percent of his income for Ka. And Gosvm, Rpa Gosvm' actually
did it. It doesn't matter whether your income is five lakhs per month or
five rupees per month. You should sacrifice the major portion of your
income to the Supreme. If the government has got right to exact
income tax from you, has not Ka the right to exact income tax? He is
supplying you so many things. Government, what government is
supplying? Ka is supplying you sunlight. Ka is supplying you
moonlight. Ka is supplying you air. Ka is supplying you
food. Nityo nityn cetana
cetannm eko bahn yo vidadhti kmn(Kaha Upaniad 2.2.13).
Ka is fulfilling all your desires. And don't you like to give Him some
tax? (laughter) (aside:) Don't laugh.
Ka, not only He's supplying, He's also begging. Just like He
became a beggar to Bali Mahrja.
Vmanadeva. Bali Mahrja conquered the three worlds and the all the
demigods became very much perturbed. So Ka as Vmanadeva went

to Bali Mahrja as a beggar, "Mahrja, you are very charitable. Will

you kindly give Me three feet land?" So Ka, although He is the
maintainer of everyone, sometimes He takes the part of a beggar. He's
not beggar, but He begs to benefit the, I mean, the charitable. Who is
giving in charity, he is benefited. Just like Bali Mahrja, he gave
everything to Vmanadeva. Sarvtma-snapanam. There are different
devotees. Out of these nine kinds of devotional service,
ravaa krtanam vio
smaraa pda-sevanam
arcana vandana dsya
sakhyam tma-nivedanam
[SB 7.5.23]
So Bali Mahrja took part, he cultivated tma-nivedanam, giving
everything to Ka, whatever he had. So,prair arthair.
And Ka says, yat karoi yaj juhoi dadsi yat. Everyone has got some
disposition to give in charity, everyone. Perhaps you are all
businessmen, you have got a separate fund for charity. That is natural
inclination
for
everyone,
to
give
in
charity. Ka says, yat karoi yaj juhoi yad ansi dadsi yat, kuruva
mad-arpaam [Bg. 9.27]. "If you are inclined to give in charity, better
to give it to Me, better give it to Me." So here is a
chance, Ka consciousness movement. Prair arthair dhiy vc.
Someone should dedicate his life, someone should give in charity to his
best capacity. If he has no such possibility of dedicating his life or
giving in charity, his wealth, money, then prair arthair dhiy. He can
give his intelligence. And ultimately he can give his words also. So this
movement, this Ka consciousness movement, is very important
movement. So, somebody should dedicate his life, somebody should
dedicate his wealth, somebody should dedicate his intelligence, and
somebody should dedicate his words. So, suppose one cannot dedicate
his life or he has no money, he can give us some intelligence that "If
you go to such-and-such person, or if you do like this, if you make your
plan like this for pushing your Ka consciousness," that is also
service. Intelligence. And if he has no money, no intelligence, and
cannot dedicate his life, then he can give his words. What is that? That
word
is,
that Ka says sarvadharmnparityajya mm eka araa vraja [Bg. 18.66]. "So I have
come to you, sir, to tell you that you surrender toKa. Please
surrender to Ka." Words, there is no expenditure. But you can say...
Or you can say, "Please chant Hare Ka." I think it is very easy. There

is no expenditure, there is no loss. So, stra gives us indication

that prair arthair dhiy vc reya-caraa sad. So I am so
obliged to you that you are trying your best to push this movement, and
at the same time I must say that this movement is very, very important.
This is the life-giving movement to the human society. That's a fact. It
is not a bogus, manufactured, concocted movement. It is
authorized. Ka says, sarvadharmn parityajya mm eka araa vraja [Bg. 18.66]. And we are
teaching this philosophy throughout the whole world and actually from
all parts of the world we are getting devotees who are completely
surrendered to Ka. (end)