Attachment to Family and Possessions

А. Ч. Бхактиведанта Свами Прабхупада

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Struggle for existence in materialism

Nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ, yeah. divā cārthehayā rājan kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā. This is the business of the ordinary people: to sleep at night, either sleep or in their sex life.

Nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ. In this way, killing the duration of age. Divā cārthehayā rājan kuṭumba- bharaṇena vā. And during daytime, "Where is money? Where is money? Where is money?"

And if there is money, then kuṭumba-bharaṇa, to maintain the family, vyayānakam.

Fallibility of worldly family protection

Dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api. Teṣāṁ nidhanaṁ pramattaḥ paśyann api na paśyati. Dehāpatya- kalatrādiṣu: this body, apatya... Apatya means children. Dehāpatya-kalatrādi and wives and etc., kalatrādiṣu.

Ātma-sainyeṣu. They are considered as soldiers. This is a battlefield and everyone is fighting. And the karmīs, they are thinking, "They are my soldiers." This, my body, my wife, my children, my friends, my country.

Dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv ātma-sainyeṣu, in this life. People are concerned. If I am in danger, my wife is there, my children are there, my friends are there, my country is there. Fighting requires soldiers.

So they are considered soldiers, the fighting living entity.

Inevitability of death and illusion

Teṣāṁ nidhanaṁ pramattaḥ paśyann api na paśyati. But he is seeing that his soldiers are dying. But he is so mad that even if he sees, even though he is seeing, he doesn't see it.

He sees that, uh, there was my father and they died, they could not protect me. So I am trying to get help from others or I'm trying to give help to others so that they may be saved. But death is so cruel, nobody is saved.

Teṣāṁ nidhanaṁ pramattaḥ paśyann api na paśyati. Nidhanam means destruction.

Paśyati, although he is seeing where everyone is dying in my whole family members, and for whom I am so much friendly, they have to die, I have to die. This is not the process of protection.

Deha-apatya-kalatra-ādiṣv ātma-sainyeṣv. Asatsv api teṣāṁ pramattaḥ nidhanaṁ paśyann api na paśyati. Pramattaḥ, rūpeṇa matta. Matta means just like when a drunk, he forgets himself and talks and filters similarly.

Prakṛṣṭeṇa matta. Matta means one who does not understand the real situation. He is in his dream. That is called matta.

So paśyann api nidhanam, the annihilation of his so-called soldiers is sure, and still he is so mad, paśyann api na paśyati, he sees his experience is the leader. Paśyann api na paśyati. Deha-apatya-kalatrādiṣu, hmm.

Māyā-vaśe. In this way, the waves of māyā are flowing and we are being washed in that way. Māyā-vaśe. Pakṣa-vudu and staggering are...

Spiritual solution to material suffering

The best thing is to somehow or other to remain fixed up that I am eternal servant of Krishna. Let me accept Krishna as far as possible and He, He gives me protection when I am safe. Otherwise I am after.

He gives protection to His servant, to His... He gives protection to everyone, especially to the devotees. This protection means to save him from the cycle of repeated birth and death. Sva-rāṭ parāt-paraḥ.