- nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma
- yad indirya-prītaya āpṛṇoti
- na sādhu manye yata ātmano 'yam
- asann api dehaḥ . . . kleśada āsa dehaḥ
- (SB 5.5.4)
Asann api. This body, asann api, it will not exist forever. It is temporary, but it is troublesome always. Adhyātmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Three kinds of miseries are always there.
So Bhāgavata says that we are mad, pramattaḥ kurute vikarma, and doing all sorts of mischievous activities for sense gratification. Nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma yad indriya-prītaya. Indriya-prītaiḥ: simply for the satisfaction of the senses. Tons of beef are sold simply for satisfaction of the tongue. The tongue becomes dry. And a great trade is going on in India, everywhere, in your country also—cigarettes. It has no necessity, but simply for the satisfaction, temporary satisfaction of the tongue, this great trade is going on. So just vikarma.
In this country, there is no such government . . . but in your country, perhaps you know, in every cigarette package, packet, it is written it is dangerous for health, or what is that?