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The children must be vidvan, that is, learned, and bhaktiman, devotee. This is the ideal

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"The children must be vidvān, that is, learned, and bhaktimān, devotee. This is the ideal"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

According to Cāṇakya Paṇḍita's instruction, he says, ko 'rthaḥ putreṇa jātena yo na vidvān na bhaktimān: 'What is the use of begetting children like cats and dogs?' The children must be vidvān, that is, learned, and bhaktimān, devotee. This is the ideal. And what is the use of begetting cats and dogs? Ko 'rthaḥ putreṇa jātena yo na vidvān na bhaktimān (xx). Either he should be bhaktimān or vidvān. This vidvān and bhaktimān, that is ideal. So we are going to teach your son to become vidvān and bhaktimān.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: 'Cause sometime visitors, sometimes it may be noisy and disturbing to the students if visitors start to walk within the . . .

Prabhupāda: No, you can take them to walk.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Should not be for that. For the special guests only.

Prabhupāda: (indistinct--tape fault) (break) So now our next business is to bring students, brahmacārī. So easy process is to approach wealthy(?) gentleman. In their family there are many children—one, two, three, like that. So approach them and plead them that "Children from your family are expected to be very respectable boys, character and devotee, educated. From your family, people expect like that. According to Cāṇakya Paṇḍita's instruction, he says, ko 'rthaḥ putreṇa jātena yo na vidvān na bhaktimān: 'What is the use of begetting children like cats and dogs?' The children must be vidvān, that is, learned, and bhaktimān, devotee. This is the ideal. And what is the use of begetting cats and dogs? Ko 'rthaḥ putreṇa jātena yo na vidvān na bhaktimān (xx). Either he should be bhaktimān or vidvān. This vidvān and bhaktimān, that is ideal. So we are going to teach your son to become vidvān and bhaktimān. So don't you like to bring your son?" You have to tell them like that. And present it rightly. The prime minister and her son or his son, he is debauch number one. Do you think the society can be happy? The father and mother is prime minister, and the son is a debauch number one. What is this? That is going on. So we are . . . "For the good of the society you can send your son to become vidvān, bhaktimān. Then, after some time, you can engage your son in any way. That is the . . . If they are found it, vidvān and bhaktimān, then everything will be all right. And if gone rascals, then what good for the society? Just think." Am I right or wrong? You have to convince like that.

Page Title:The children must be vidvan, that is, learned, and bhaktiman, devotee. This is the ideal
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-10-17, 09:43:13
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