One who is actually religious, he does not earn money for sense gratification. Na kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ. But at the present moment, the more we earn money, more we make prescription or program how to enjoy senses. Nārthasya dharmaikāntasya kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ. Kāmasya nendriya-prītiḥ. "But we have got some desires, fulfill the sense desire." Yes, that also you fulfill. Kāmasya nendriya-prītiḥ. But not for sense gratification. You apply your senses . . . just like sex life, there is no forbidding. But you can enjoy sex life for begetting nice children, that's all, not for sense gratification. This verse should be discussed later on.
So here, as it is described by Sūta Gosvāmī, that first thing is that dharma . . . first-class dharma means to become a devotee.
- sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo
- yato bhaktir adhokṣaje
- ahaituky apratihatā
- yayātmā . . .
- (SB 1.2.6)
If you want peace of mind, if you want full satisfaction, then your dharmic life, your religious life, should be how to advance yourself in devotional service of the Lord. Then yayātmā suprasīdati. Then you will feel satisfaction. Then it is said that dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ (SB 1.2.8), "By executing your religious principle, if you do not develop your consciousness about God, then it is simply waste of time and labor." Then it is said:
- vāsudeve bhagavati
- bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ
- janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ
- jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam
- (SB 1.2.7)
Then he says that, "If you devote yourself in the service of Vāsudeva, then you will get perfect knowledge and renunciation, without any doubt." And the next verse it is said:
- dharmasya hy āpavargyasya
- nārtho 'rthāyopakalpate
- nārthasya dharmaikāntasya
- kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ
- (SB 1.2.9)
So this Bhāgavata discourse is meant for giving enlightenment to the people of the world. It is not a sectarian religion; it is meant for all human beings. They should take advantage of the instruction of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā, and make their life perfect. That is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.