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The dark well means if we are put into the dark well, you'll be killed. Hitvatma patam grham andha-kupam, vanam gato yad dharim asrayeta (SB 7.5.5). - You should give up this dark well and go to the forest

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"the dark well means if we are put into the dark well, you'll be killed. Hitvātmā pātaṁ gṛham andha-kūpaṁ, vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta" |"That is the first . . . "You should give up this dark well and go to the forest"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Gṛha, we can take this material world, even up to the sky, that is also another bondage. Either in society, or in country, or in this body, or within this material universe—wherever you are—that is andha-kūpam, dark well. So he advises, "Give up this darkness," hitvātmā-pātam, "because it will kill you." In this dark well you'll be killed. Just like the dark well means if we are put into the dark well, you'll be killed. Hitvātmā pātaṁ gṛham andha-kūpaṁ, vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta (SB 7.5.5). That is the first . . . "You should give up this dark well and go to the forest," vanam. Come to Vṛndāvana. Vanam means forest. We have constructed very nice temple. Come there. And vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta (SB 7.5.5). Vanaṁ gato means to come to the forest.

Gṛha, we can take this material world, even up to the sky, that is also another bondage. Either in society, or in country, or in this body, or within this material universe—wherever you are—that is andha-kūpam, dark well. So he advises, "Give up this darkness," hitvātmā-pātam, "because it will kill you." In this dark well you'll be killed. Just like the dark well means if we are put into the dark well, you'll be killed. Hitvātmā pātaṁ gṛham andha-kūpaṁ, vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta (SB 7.5.5). That is the first . . . "You should give up this dark well and go to the forest," vanam. Come to Vṛndāvana. Vanam means forest. We have constructed very nice temple. Come there. And vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta (SB 7.5.5). Vanaṁ gato means to come to the forest.

So what is the business? The business is to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa. Then he'll be free from all these things. Vanaṁ gato yad. Otherwise like monkey, descendants of monkey, if you go . . . The monkeys are in the forest, but they do not take shelter of Hari. So their simply going to the forest is no use. One has to take shelter of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśraya. Therefore Kṛṣṇa has made this Vṛndāvana. Anyone goes there, he gets shelter of Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, and his life becomes successful.

Page Title:The dark well means if we are put into the dark well, you'll be killed. Hitvatma patam grham andha-kupam, vanam gato yad dharim asrayeta (SB 7.5.5). - You should give up this dark well and go to the forest
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-05-27, 13:51:36
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
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