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They are staying at home, which is the path to hell, and they are absorbed in unlimited desires

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"They are staying at home, which is the path to hell, and they are absorbed in unlimited desires"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

They are tasting: niṣkiñcanaiḥ paramahaṁsa-kulair asaṅgair juṣṭād gṛhe niraya-vartmani baddha-tṛṣṇān. Those who are not associating with pure devotees, niṣkiñcanaiḥ, one who has no other business than to taste the honey at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa . . . the persons who are not associating, that means those who are not becoming Life Members of Kṛṣṇa conscious movement, (chuckles) Yamarāja is advising, "Go there." (laughter) "Go there." Why? Why? Now, juṣṭād gṛhe niraya-vartmani baddha-tṛṣṇān. They are staying at home, which is the path to hell, and they are absorbed in unlimited desires. Gṛhe. Gṛhe. Gṛhe means staying at home, not going out for canvassing for Kṛṣṇa. Gṛhe niraya-vartmani. What is this gṛhe? Niraya means hell, and vartmani means path. Gṛhe means "the path of going to hell.".

Prabhupāda: Yamarāja says, tān ānayadhvam. Tān ānayadhvam asato vimukhān mukunda-pādāravinda-makaranda-rasād ajasram (SB 6.3.28): "You simply approach to persons who are averse to the lotus feet of Mukunda, Kṛṣṇa. One who does not relish the honey in the lotus feet . . ." Because in the lotus there is honey. So devotees, they take the honey in the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. One who is averse to this nice honey at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, but how . . .? What they are tasting?

They are tasting: niṣkiñcanaiḥ paramahaṁsa-kulair asaṅgair juṣṭād gṛhe niraya-vartmani baddha-tṛṣṇān. Those who are not associating with pure devotees, niṣkiñcanaiḥ, one who has no other business than to taste the honey at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa . . . the persons who are not associating, that means those who are not becoming Life Members of Kṛṣṇa conscious movement, (chuckles) Yamarāja is advising, "Go there." (laughter) "Go there."

Why? Why? Now, juṣṭād gṛhe niraya-vartmani baddha-tṛṣṇān. They are staying at home, which is the path to hell, and they are absorbed in unlimited desires. Gṛhe. Gṛhe. Gṛhe means staying at home, not going out for canvassing for Kṛṣṇa. Gṛhe niraya-vartmani. What is this gṛhe? Niraya means hell, and vartmani means path. Gṛhe means "the path of going to hell."

That was also advised by Prahlāda Mahārāja. Gṛham andha-kūpam (SB 7.5.5). Tyaktvā gṛham andha-kūpam. Andha-kūpam, this blind well. I saw one blind well in Ascot when I was at . . . what is his name?

Haṁsadūta: John Lennon.

Prabhupāda: John Lennon's house. There was a blind pit, and it was covered with grass, and somebody fell. So this gṛham andha-kūpam, this family life is sometimes . . . unless there is Kṛṣṇa, the family life . . . without Kṛṣṇa, without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, family life is just like a blind well covered with grass.

Page Title:They are staying at home, which is the path to hell, and they are absorbed in unlimited desires
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-03-29, 11:58:42
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