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<div id="LectureonBG421BombayApril101974_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="185" link="Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974">
<div class="heading">Our life should be without any sinful reaction. Otherwise we will have to suffer. But they do not believe, although they are seeing so many abominable lives. Wherefrom they are coming, 8,400,000 species of life? There are so many lives living very abominable condition. Of course, the animal or the living creature does not know, but we human being, we should know why this abominable life. It is māyā's illusion.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974|Lecture on BG 4.21 -- Bombay, April 10, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
One has got the desire, but he should not desire unnecessarily. Everyone has got the right to eat, even the animals. Everyone has got the right. But because we are desiring to enjoy more, therefore we do not give the chance to the animals to live properly, rather we are trying to eat the animals. This is not required. This is called ''nirāśīḥ''. Why you should eat animals? That is uncivilized life. When there is no food, when they are aborigines, they may eat animals, because they do not know how to grow food. But when the human society becomes civilized, he can grow so many nice foods, he can keep the cows; instead of eating the cows, he can get milk, sufficient milk. We can make so many preparation from milk and grains. So we should not desire unnecessarily to enjoy more.

Then it is said here, ''kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam. Kilbiṣam'' means resultant action of sinful life. ''Kilbiṣam''. So if we don't desire more than our necessary, then we are not implicated, involved, in sinful activity, ''kurvan api,'' even though he is engaged in working. While you are working, knowingly or unknowingly you have to commit something which is not pious, even sinful—but if you simply desire for living properly, then ''kurvan napi . . . nāpnoti na kilbiṣam. Kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam''. Our life should be without any sinful reaction. Otherwise we will have to suffer. But they do not believe, although they are seeing so many abominable lives. Wherefrom they are coming, 8,400,000 species of life? There are so many lives living very abominable condition. Of course, the animal or the living creature does not know, but we human being, we should know why this is . . . this abominable life. It is ''māyā's'' illusion.

Even one is . . . just like a pig is living in a very filthy condition, eating stool, and still, he is thinking very happy, and therefore he is getting fat. When one feels happy, "I am very happy," he becomes fatty. So you will find these pigs, they are very much fatty, but what they eat? They eat stool and live in a filthy place. But they think that, "We are very happy." So that is ''māyā's'' illusion. Anyone who is living in a very abominable condition of life, ''māyā'', by illusion, he is thinking that he is all right, he is living very perfectly. But a person who is on the higher stage, he sees that he is living in a very abominable condition.

So this illusion is there, but by knowledge, by good association, by taking instruction from the ''śāstra'', from ''guru'', from saintly person, one should understand what is the value of life and live like that. So this is instructed by Kṛṣṇa, that ''nirāśīḥ'', one should not be unnecessarily desireful, more than his necessities of life. This is called ''nirāśīḥ. Nirāśīḥ'' another meaning is that not very much fond of material enjoyment. And that is possible when he is in full knowledge that, "I am not this body. I am spirit soul. My necessity is how to advance in spiritual knowledge." Then he can become ''nirāśīḥ''. These are the items for ''tapasya'', austerity, penance.

People have forgotten now. They do not know what is the austerities. But the human life is meant for that purpose. ''Tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena śuddhyet sattvaṁ yena brahma-saukhyam anantam'' ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.1|SB 5.5.1]]). These are the instruction of the ''śāstra''. The human life is meant for ''tapasya''. And ''tapasya'' . . . therefore in the Vedic way of life the beginning of life is ''tapasya, brahmacārī. Brahmacārī.'' A student is sent to ''gurukula'' for practicing ''brahmacarya''. This is ''tapasya'', not comfortable life. Lying down on the floor, going door-to-door for begging alms for ''guru''. But they are not tired. Because they are children, if they are trained these austerities, they become to practice. They call all woman "Mother," "Mother, give me some alms." And they come back to ''guru's'' place. Everything belongs to ''guru''. This ''brahmacārī'' life, this is ''tapasya. Tapo divyam'' ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.1|SB 5.5.1]]). That is Vedic civilization, that children should be from the very beginning of life trained up in ''tapasya, brahmacarya'', celibacy. A ''brahmacārī'' cannot see any young woman. Even the ''guru'''s wife is young, he cannot go to the ''guru's'' wife. These are the restriction. Now where is that ''brahmacarya''? No ''brahmacārī''. This is Kali-yuga. No ''tapasya''.

But the according to Vedic civilization, ''varṇāśrama''-''dharma''. Vedic civilization means four ''varṇas'' and four ''āśramas'': ''brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra''. We have begin . . . we have began our lecture on the basis, ''cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa''-''karma''-''vibhāgaśaḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 4.13 (1972)|BG 4.13]]). So this is civilization. Unless one comes to this standard of civilization, ''varṇāśrama''-''dharma'', that is animal civilization. So we prefer animal civilization. Therefore we living like animal also, fighting like cats and dog and suffering like cats and dogs also. This is the position. ''Nirāśīr yata-cittātmā.'' Control. I shall accept as much as I require, not more than that, not less than that. Controlling the ''citta'', intelligence, and ''ātmā'', mind or self, self-control.</p>
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