Prabhupāda: So just like if a child is completely dependent on the father, parents, the parents has the sense that, "My child requires at this time this thing." They already there, already. He hasn't got to bother. The child does not know to ask from the parents, but the things are there. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa, He is supplying everything, everyone. Eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). Actually Kṛṣṇa is supplying everything, whatever you have got. We are eating . . . Whatever we are eating we cannot manufacture in the factory. It is supplied by Kṛṣṇa. Eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān. Everything is being supplied. What to speak of animal . . . human life? In the animal life the necessities are the eating, sleeping, mating and defending—everything is there.
Eating—there is enough fruit in the tree. The birds very nicely jumping over from one tree to another, eatings. Sleeping—they have got a nest; at night, without any disturbance, they sleep. Mating—with the birth they are two eggs, one male and one female. Sex life is there. And defending—they know. The bird, if you attack, they immediately go up. He knows how to defend. The . . . you see in the . . . (indistinct) . . . park, the swans, as soon as we are passing, immediately jump over the water. They know how to defend. In this morning there is a small mouse, he has gone up to collect a sweetmeat.
So these intelligence are there even in the lowest animal, even in the ant. So advancement of civilization . . . how to make this body comfortable, that is not advancement of civilization. That kind of civilization is there even in the cats and dogs. They know. Nobody has to go to university to learn how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex life, how to defend. Nobody hasn't got to. It doesn't require education. It is already there, everyone. If you attack me, I shall immediately defend with my hand. You see? Natural. So ekāntataḥ śreyas means don't spoil this human form of life only for satisfying the animal propensities. You try to advance in spiritual consciousness. That is ekāntataḥ śreyas. Hmm. What is the next?
Pradyumna: (reading purport) "The ācāryas therefore give directions in spiritual well-being for the people in general."
Prabhupāda: That is ācārya. Ācārya does not write any book of sex psychology, Freud's philosophy. That is not ācārya; he is a rascal. Ācārya gives direction how one can make advance in spiritual life. That is ācārya. Then?