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More work; more use your intelligence. Pranair arthair dhiya vaca: with life, with money, with intelligence, with words to serve Krsna. Etavaj janma-sa-phala tvam. This is the perfection of life

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"More work; more use your intelligence. Prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā: with life, with money, with intelligence, with words to serve Kṛṣṇa. Etāvaj janma-sa-phala tvam. This is the perfection of life"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

More work; more use your intelligence. Prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā: with life, with money, with intelligence, with words to serve Kṛṣṇa. Etāvaj janma-sa-phala tvam. This is the perfection of life. How? Etāvaj janma-sal . . . janma-sa-phala tvam dehinām iha dehiṣu (SB 10.22.35). Iha dehi . . . this, in human body . . . those who have got body as dog, cats, they have got body. But iha dehiṣu, this human form is for perfection. And how that perfection is achieved? Prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā śreya ācaraṇaṁ sadā: "With your life, with your money, with your intelligence, with your words, serve." That is successful life.

Prabhupāda: Jayatīrtha is also good business. (chuckles) He has got good business brain. So do it nicely, and Kṛṣṇa . . .

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: This will be very good.

Prabhupāda: More work; more use your intelligence. Prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā: with life, with money, with intelligence, with words to serve Kṛṣṇa. Etāvaj janma-sa-phala tvam. This is the perfection of life. How? Etāvaj janma-sal . . . janma-sa-phala tvam dehinām iha dehiṣu (SB 10.22.35). Iha dehi . . . this, in human body . . . those who have got body as dog, cats, they have got body. But iha dehiṣu, this human form is for perfection. And how that perfection is achieved? Prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā śreya ācaraṇaṁ sadā: "With your life, with your money, with your intelligence, with your words, serve." That is successful life.

Trivikrama: Today we have an engagement at the Gujarati . . . what was that?

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Nathdwar?

Prabhupāda: Here?

Trivikrama: In Bombay. In the city we have a . . .

Prabhupāda: So books are selling?

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Which ones selling?

Trivikrama: Well, they want mostly in Gujarati. They didn't read Hindi. There is magazines and Īśopaniṣad.

Prabhupāda: This magazine you have got?

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. We have stock of Gujarati books also.

Page Title:More work; more use your intelligence. Pranair arthair dhiya vaca: with life, with money, with intelligence, with words to serve Krsna. Etavaj janma-sa-phala tvam. This is the perfection of life
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-08-30, 03:42:34.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1