If we do not understand Govinda, govinda-carana-dvayam, then it is viphala. It is simply misused. The modern civilization, they do not know this. This Krsna consciousness movement is meant for educating people that "You are simply wasting your time"

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"You are simply wasting your time" |"if we do not understand Govinda, govinda-caraṇa-dvayam, then it is viphalā, it is simply misused. The modern civilization, they do not know this" |"This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for educating people that"

Nectar of Devotion Lectures

So if we do not understand Govinda, govinda-caraṇa-dvayam, then it is viphalā. It is simply misused. The modern civilization, they do not know this. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for educating people that "You are simply wasting your time." "No. I am doing my duty." The people say, "This is my..." The doctor says, "I am doing my duty." The engineer says, "I am doing my duty." The father says, "I am doing my duty." The mother says, "I am doing my duty." That's all right. But Bhāgavata says, "Thank you very much, that you are doing your duty."

The Nectar of Devotion -- Bombay, January 6, 1973:

Prabhupāda: So it is duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam (BG 8.15). This place, we are trying to live very comfortably in a place. That is not very good intelligence. Because Kṛṣṇa, the creator, He said, duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam (BG 8.15). Mām upetya kaunteya . . .

Indian man: Punar janma na vidyate.

Prabhupāda: Punar jan . . .

Indian man: Punar janma na vidyate.

Prabhupāda: No, no, another is. Duḥkhālayaṁ nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramām. So our aim should be how to go back to home, back to Godhead. That is the real mission of human life. Because after . . . asatiṁś cāturaṁś caiva lakṣaṁs tān jīva-jātiṣu. There are eighty eight million four hundred thousand species of life. After evolving, we have come to this human form of life. Tad apy viphalā jātaḥ. So if we do not understand Govinda, govinda-caraṇa-dvayam, then it is viphalā, it is simply misused. The modern civilization, they do not know this.

This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for educating people that, "You are simply wasting your time." "No. I am doing my duty." The people say, "This is my . . ." The doctor says: "I am doing my duty." The engineer says: "I am doing my duty." The father says: "I am doing my duty." The mother says: "I am doing my duty." That's all right. But Bhāgavata says: "Thank you very much, that you are doing your duty."

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ

viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ

notpādayed ratiṁ yadi

śrama eva hi kevalam

(SB 1.2.8)

"You are doing your duty very nice. That's all right. But by doing your duty, if you do not develop your Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you are simply wasting your time."

So these people, they do not know. They are thinking that, "We are doing our duty." What is this nonsense duty? Real duty is to develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you are missing that point, the so-called duty is simply wasting . . .

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ

viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ

notpādayed ratiṁ yadi

śrama eva hi kevalam

(SB 1.2.8)

So they do not know this. They are doing their . . . everyone is engaged in his duty. They are not interested to hear about kṛṣṇa-kathā—that is the real business of life—because they are engaged in duty. Duty.

So why they do that? Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum (SB 7.5.31). They do not know the real duty is to approach Viṣṇu, svartha-gatim, interest. They are thinking, "This is my interest." But real duty is svārtha-gatim. Everyone should be interested in his business, but the real business is, human life, that approach Viṣṇu.