So-called economic development

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Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 1

By so-called development of industrial enterprises, they are now using pots of gutta-percha instead of metals like gold, silver, brass and copper.

SB 1.10.17, Purport: Gold, jewels, pearls and valuable stones were used in the luxurious royal ceremonies. They are all nature's gifts and are produced by the hills, oceans, etc., by the order of the Lord, when man does not waste his valuable time in producing unwanted things in the name of necessities. By so-called development of industrial enterprises, they are now using pots of gutta-percha instead of metals like gold, silver, brass and copper. They are using margarine instead of purified butter, and one fourth of the city population has no shelter.