There are three classes of men, human being. Not with hands and legs—actually human being, those who know what is the purpose of life. The purpose of life, the first basic principle of our life is that we have come here, in this material world, for becoming master, lording it over the material nature. Although we cannot do it, that is our desire. They are called sarva-kāmaḥ. There is no limit of desires. Anyone, you find out ordinarily in this world, you ask him, "What is your ultimate desire?" There is no limit. Therefore he's called sarva-kāmaḥ. Pralayāntam upāśritam. Till the time of death, there is desire.
A dying man, he is also desiring. I have seen it practically. One gentleman in Allahabad, he was contemporary, of our age. He was dying at the age of fifty-four years, and he was crying, and he was requesting the doctor—he was very rich man—"My dear doctor, can you not give me at least four years' life so I could finish my program?" The nonsense, what is your program? You see? I have seen it.
(aside) Don't move leg like that.
So therefore they are called sarva-kāmaḥ. There is no end. He does not know . . . he's going to die, and he thinks that doctor can prolong his life. Is it possible to prolong life? Not for a second even. When you are destined to die, you must die. Mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham (BG 10.34). This death is Kṛṣṇa. You cannot defy Kṛṣṇa; that is not possible. Kṛṣṇa says, mṛtyur aham, sarva-haraś ca.
Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja's father: he was so proud, and he was confident, "Now I have taken benediction from Brahmā, I'll live forever." So he was very much proud. Just like the karmīs, they also think, "When there will be disease and there will be point of death, I shall take care very nicely. There are so many good physicians. I shall call them, and they will give me life." So this is demonic. You cannot protect yourself by so-called science, physician or power. It is not possible. Because the death is Kṛṣṇa.
Rāvaṇa, Hiraṇyakaśipu, all, many demons, they thought it that, "We shall live forever." So anyone who is thinking like that, he's a demon. He cannot stop death. Mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś ca aham. Kṛṣṇa . . . if you don't give to Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa will appear just like Nṛsiṁha-deva, and He will take away everything from you and kill you. That's all. Now who can challenge? Who is there who can challenge Kṛṣṇa? No, nobody can. That is Kṛṣṇa.
So the sarva-kāmaḥ . . . so up to the end of life . . . all these politicians, we have seen: Gandhi, in our country—Jawaharhal Nehru. He was attacked, heart attack, several times, and doctor says: "Within a week you'll have to go away." Still, he was going to the hillside to recoup his health. And when he was on the point of death, he was brought to New Delhi and died. So up to the point of death he was thinking that, "I must remain a prime minister; otherwise the whole thing will be lost. In my absence, if I am not on the seat, then everything will be lost." This is māyā.
Gandhi was thinking like that. He agitated his political movement against the British rule. So Britishers went away. I requested him that "Now you have got sva-rājya, and you are so respectable in the world, you take this propaganda to preach Bhagavad-gītā." No. He will still stick to these politics—unless he was killed. He was killed, you know. So this is the propensity, sarva-kāmaḥ. There is no end of their desires. No end. They are called sarva-kāmaḥ.
So here it is recommended, akāmaḥ. Just the opposite. Akāmaḥ, niṣkiñcana. They have finished all these nonsense, material desires. Vaiṣṇava. Just like you have taken sannyāsa. It is supposed that you have finished all your material desires. This is called akāmaḥ, just the opposite. And the other side, sarva-kāmaḥ: there is no end of desire, material desires. So Vyāsadeva recommends, "All right, you may be sakāmaḥ . . ." Sakāmaḥ means without end of any desires. Full of desires.
(break) . . . and between these, there is another . . .
(break) . . . mokṣa-kāmaḥ. So sakāmaḥ, sarva-kāmaḥ, karmīs, those who are working very hard, just like animals. Animals are meant for working hard. But now, men are being educated to work like animals. Animals. There is no end. So they are called karmīs.
Therefore, in the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa has designated these animals, these karmī animals, who are working very, very hard, just like hogs and dog, they have been described in the Bhagavad-gītā as mūḍhāḥ. Mūḍhāḥ, rascal, foolish. Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has explained why they are mūḍhāḥ. These karmīs, they want some eating, sleeping, mating. But why so much hard work? Now, eating, sleeping, mating . . . just see the birds; they are free.
They don't work at night, at least. But human being, day and night. Night also, night duty: "I shall get some more money." So there is no end. How they can be happy? They are simply thinking of, that "I shall work very hard, and I shall get money and enjoy my senses." Then where is the question of happiness? The karmīs cannot have happiness, because their method is to work hard. How they can be happy?
Similarly, jñānīs, mokṣa-kāmaḥ. After being disgusted that, "I worked so hard throughout my whole life. I could not get peace. Therefore it is false," jagat mithyā. Mithyā means false. This is Śaṅkarācārya philosophy. Jagat mithyā. Mithyā means false. Brahmā satyam: "Now let me search out where is Brahman and become one with Him." That is also another labor. Speculating . . . they have to interpret all these Vedic literature to make God dead, void, impersonal, nullified.
So they have to gather their arguments. That is another labor, hard labor. So they are also working hard. Yogīs, they want to show some magic: "I can walk on the water. I can fly in the air without any airship. I can go this planet, that planet." Yogīs can do that. They have got this magical power. "I can create immediately gold." And if you can show these magical feats, immediately you get so many . . .
But that kind of yogī also very rare to be found, and now, in your country, yogī means who can show some gymnastic, that's all. So they are also working hard, because they have got kāma. The yogī, he wants to be very popular by showing magic. Because general people, they cannot walk on the water. But if somebody can walk on the water, oh, millions of people immediately go to the Pacific Ocean to see. So therefore they want siddhi. Actually, there are yogīs in Siddhaloka, without any flying machine they can go from one planet to another. Durvāsā Muni, he went. Within a year, he came back. He went to Vaikuṇṭha planet, yogī, great yogī.
He saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face, but he was not excused. He went to beg pardon so that he may be saved from the sudarśana-cakra. So he went to Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā and all big, big demigods: "Please save me. The sudarśana-cakra is after me." So everyone said, "We are unable to do anything. You can go to Lord Viṣṇu." So he went to Lord Viṣṇu, he saw Him, he talked with Him. And Lord Viṣṇu also said that "I cannot do anything. You must go to Ambarīṣa Mahārāja and fall down on his feet and beg his pardon. Then you can be saved." So this is the position.