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Three classes of men. Sarva-kama, who are simply desiring material comforts. Akama, one who has no desire. Just like those who are devotees, KC. Moksa-kama means one who is disgusted with these material desires & aspires after something void, impersonal

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"there are three classes of men. One class of men, they are simply desiring material comforts. Desiring" |"They are called sarva-kāma" |"and akāma means one who has no desire. Just like those who are devotees, Kṛṣṇa conscious, they have no desire" |"Mokṣa-kāma means one who is disgusted with these material desires and aspires after something void, impersonal"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

The idea is that there are three classes of men. One class of men, they are simply desiring material comforts. Desiring. They want nice house, nice wife, nice comfortable life—everything nice for the comfort of this body. They are called sarva-kāma. Sarva-kāma means their desire has no end. Just like in the modern materialistic world they are trying to improve material comforts, but they do not know when does it end—one after another, one after another, one after another. Therefore they are called sarva-kāma, unlimitedly desiring. There is no end of desiring. Such persons.

Akāma . . . and akāma means one who has no desire. Just like those who are devotees, Kṛṣṇa conscious, they have no desire. They don't like any material comforts, any material improvements. They want simply Kṛṣṇa. Akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā and mokṣa-kāma. Mokṣa-kāma means one who is disgusted with these material desires and aspires after something void, impersonal, or freedom from all these desires.

This verse refers to the statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam wherein it is stated that:

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā
mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena
yajeta paramam puruṣa
(SB 2.3.10)

The idea is that there are three classes of men. One class of men, they are simply desiring material comforts. Desiring. They want nice house, nice wife, nice comfortable life—everything nice for the comfort of this body. They are called sarva-kāma. Sarva-kāma means their desire has no end. Just like in the modern materialistic world they are trying to improve material comforts, but they do not know when does it end—one after another, one after another, one after another. Therefore they are called sarva-kāma, unlimitedly desiring. There is no end of desiring. Such persons.

Akāma . . . and akāma means one who has no desire. Just like those who are devotees, Kṛṣṇa conscious, they have no desire. They don't like any material comforts, any material improvements. They want simply Kṛṣṇa. Akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā and mokṣa-kāma. Mokṣa-kāma means one who is disgusted with these material desires and aspires after something void, impersonal, or freedom from all these desires. Mokṣa-kāma.

So Bhāgavatam says that either you are a person desiring unlimitedly or you have become free from all desires, or you are desiring liberation from this material conditional life, you please try to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Your desires, whatever desires you may have, that will be fulfilled. That will be fulfilled. So this is referred. Akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā. So whatever desires you may have, if you become Kṛṣṇa conscious then your that desire will be fulfilled.

Go on.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world."

Thirteen: "According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the corresponding four divisions of human society were created by Me. And although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable."

Purport: "The Lord is the creator of everything. Everything is born of Him, everything is sustained by Him, and everything, after annihilation, rests with Him. He is therefore the creator of the four divisions of the social order . . ."

Prabhupāda: There are three conditions. Just like I have got this body, you have got your body. So this body is developed, created. You know. In the mother's womb the first body was just like a pea when it is first created. These descriptions are there in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

After sex life of the man and woman there are two kinds of secretions. They mix up, emulsify, and they form into pealike shape. In that pealike shape the living entity, which is atomic, takes shelter, and because the living entity takes shelter in that pealike form it develops, develops. Just like you see the child born, he is also developing, developing.

So this is the nature. Everything is born and it develops, it stays, and it gives by-product, then it dwindles and then vanishes. These are the stages, different six stages. So after vanquishing, after annihilation, where does it stay? It stay in God. Then again takes birth. The whole material cosmic manifestation, bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate (BG 8.19).

The creation is coming into existence; it stays for some time, it develops, gives some by-product, then dwindles, then vanishes. And after vanishing it stays in the same principle, the Absolute Truth. That is being explained.

Page Title:Three classes of men. Sarva-kama, who are simply desiring material comforts. Akama, one who has no desire. Just like those who are devotees, KC. Moksa-kama means one who is disgusted with these material desires & aspires after something void, impersonal
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2024-01-07, 15:06:29.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
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