Pañcadraviḍa: They say that man inherits the property of his father, which is God.
Prabhupāda: That means you must obey your father. Otherwise you'll be kicked. (Laughter) You are so rascal that you don't feel obliged to your father who has given you so much things, so many things. You are such a rascal. Therefore you must be punished.
- karma-kāṇḍa jñāna-kāṇḍa,
- sakali viṣera bāṇḍha
Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, "The karmīs and jñānīs, they are simply drinking poison."
- karma-kāṇḍa jñāna-kāṇḍa,
- sakali visera bandha
"And by drinking poison, they are suffering different species of life,"
- nānā yoni brahman kare,
- khadarya bhakṣaṇa kare
"and eat all nasty things."
- tara janma adho pata ya
"One who accepts either of these, karma-kāṇḍa and jñāna-kāṇḍa, he spoils his life."
Satsvarūpa: So if all the land belongs to God, then who decides who will distribute it to the people?
Prabhupāda: You don't distribute. You live only, till the ground and take your food. Where is the question of distribution? Whatever you can till, you take so much land. God has enough land. Why do you possess more? One acre of land is sufficient for producing your food. Why do you take more?
Satsvarūpa: Nobody should own excessive.
Prabhupāda: No. Therefore God's representative, king, is wanted. He'll divide. "All right, you take this." That is king. King means God's representative. Naradeva. Therefore, according to Vedic scripture, the king is so respected, guru is so respected, father is so respected—because they give guidance. "You live, Kṛṣṇa conscious, like this." That is their duty. The king is simply planning how to collect taxes, this tax, land tax, sale tax, income tax, this tax, this... So his only business is to plunder: "Let him work, and I shall take it away." And everyone is doing. That is struggle for existence. I want to cheat you. You want to cheat me. That's all. And therefore they are throbbing. There is no solution.