Prabhupāda: Everyone tries to save his life but this attach to material happiness, material wealth. They love material wealth and material opulence more than life, more than life—prāṇebhyo 'pi ya īpsitaḥ.
- yaṁ krīṇāty asubhiḥ preṣṭhais
- taskaraḥ sevako vaṇik
- (SB 7.6.10)
There is—Just see how Prahlāda Mahārāja has selected that the money. For money how unfaithfully and dishonestly they live. Who? First of all taskaraḥ. Taskaraḥ means—burglars, thief, how dishonestly they live, how awfully, sinful life they live, simply for money, taskaraḥ and then sevakaḥ—servants. The servants gives you service, not that he is very much attached to you, he gives service for money—sevakaḥ and vaṇika, and mercantile people. They will give you service, "Service is our." What is that? There is some slogan.
Devotee: . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Ha?
Devotee: . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: No. They will write on the signboard that, what is that? "Service our motto." What for service? Because as soon as the customer will come he will exploit, that sort of service. Real, real aim is how to get more money from the customer. The paid servant also, his real motive is how to get more money from the master and similarly the thieves and burglars they are also on the same how to get more money, even by killing. So just see how Prahlāda Mahārāja was lecturing.
- ko krīṇāty asubhiḥ preṣṭhais
- taskaraḥ sevako vaṇik
Taskaraḥ means burglar and the so called servant and vaṇik they have been classified almost in the same category. Ko nu visṛjet (Bhāvārtha-dīpikā 7.6.10).