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Everyone is trying to become happy with society, friendship and love - children, wife, friends, money and house and land. This is the conception of material

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Arjuna is talking of the ultimate good. But he is talking ultimate good with the point of view from material conception. He does not know . . . he knows, but he is playing the part of a person who does not know that ultimate śreya, ultimate good, is Kṛṣṇa. Ultimate good is not that, "We live with family—that is good." No. When you live with family because you cannot renounce, so that is allowed. But you live with family with Kṛṣṇa.

So Kṛṣṇa is there, but he is thinking in terms of material role that, "If my kinsmen are dead, I kill them, then where is my good? It is no good. What shall I do with the victory and happiness? Where is happiness? I cannot live without them." This is the conception. Ataḥ gṛha . . . ataḥ gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho 'yam (SB 5.5.8). This is illusion. Everyone is trying to become happy with society, friendship and love—children, wife, friends, money and house and land. This is the conception of material.

Arjuna is talking of the ultimate good. But he is talking ultimate good with the point of view from material conception. He does not know . . . he knows, but he is playing the part of a person who does not know that ultimate śreya, ultimate good, is Kṛṣṇa. Ultimate good is not that, "We live with family—that is good." No. When you live with family because you cannot renounce, so that is allowed. But you live with family with Kṛṣṇa.

So Kṛṣṇa is there, but he is thinking in terms of material role that, "If my kinsmen are dead, I kill them, then where is my good? It is no good. What shall I do with the victory and happiness? Where is happiness? I cannot live without them." This is the conception. Ataḥ gṛha . . . ataḥ gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho 'yam (SB 5.5.8). This is illusion. Everyone is trying to become happy with society, friendship and love—children, wife, friends, money and house and land. This is the conception of material . . .

So Arjuna is thinking in material concept of life. He is not thinking that, "My ultimate good is to satisfy Kṛṣṇa." This is the Bhagavad-gītā's purport. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One has to change to satisfy Kṛṣṇa, not to satisfy himself or the family or the society or the nation. No. Whether Kṛṣṇa is satisfied, that is the criterion. That is ultimate goal. Tasmin tuṣṭe jagat tuṣṭam. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied, then other things will be automatically satisfied. But they do not know. They are thinking that, "I can bring Kṛṣṇa in the midst of my family, provided Kṛṣṇa helps me to enjoy this material life." They are thinking like that. That is ārta. But that is also good.

Page Title:Everyone is trying to become happy with society, friendship and love - children, wife, friends, money and house and land. This is the conception of material
Compiler:Soham
Created:2024-01-06, 11:31:02.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1