0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,981 SB 6-01-55 PAR 1975-08-11 Dangerous Yogis 1 00:00:15,982 --> 00:00:19,230 ANNOUNCER: The following is a class on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 2 00:00:19,231 --> 00:00:23,993 6th Canto, first chapter, text number 55, 3 00:00:23,994 --> 00:00:29,681 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 4 00:00:29,682 --> 00:00:47,497 recorded on the 11th of August 1975, in Paris, France. 5 00:00:47,498 --> 00:00:52,986 PRABHUPĀDA: eṣa prakṛti-saṅgena puruṣasya viparyayaḥ 6 00:00:52,987 --> 00:00:59,994 āsīt sa eva na cirād īśa-saṅgād vilīyate [SB 6.1.55] 7 00:00:59,995 --> 00:01:04,594 In the previous verse it has been discussed, 8 00:01:04,595 --> 00:01:09,686 na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt [Bg. 3.5] 9 00:01:09,687 --> 00:01:16,610 Nobody can… Just like this child. 10 00:01:16,611 --> 00:01:23,345 He wants to do something. 11 00:01:23,346 --> 00:01:29,280 He does not know that he is doing something nonsense. 12 00:01:29,281 --> 00:01:34,925 Similarly, the child’s father also, he wants to do something 13 00:01:34,926 --> 00:01:36,963 although it is nonsense. 14 00:01:36,964 --> 00:01:43,939 Therefore, here it is mentioned, na hi kaścit, “Anyone,” 15 00:01:43,940 --> 00:01:47,756 kṣaṇam api, “even for a moment,” 16 00:01:47,757 --> 00:01:52,288 na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma [Bg. 3.5] 17 00:01:52,289 --> 00:01:54,191 “he must do something.” 18 00:01:54,192 --> 00:01:55,974 This is the tendency. 19 00:01:55,975 --> 00:01:56,671 How? 20 00:01:56,672 --> 00:02:00,256 kāryate hy avaśaḥ [Bg. 3.5] 21 00:02:00,257 --> 00:02:03,837 Avaśaḥ means being forced. 22 00:02:03,838 --> 00:02:06,972 He has no control. 23 00:02:06,973 --> 00:02:12,599 He must do something and he has no control over it. 24 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,887 So why no control? 25 00:02:15,888 --> 00:02:21,003 No control means he is controlled by somebody else. 26 00:02:21,004 --> 00:02:23,097 He is not in his own control. 27 00:02:23,098 --> 00:02:25,316 And what is that controller? 28 00:02:25,317 --> 00:02:29,040 guṇaiḥ svābhāvikair balāt [SB 6.1.53] 29 00:02:29,041 --> 00:02:33,383 He has infected some type of 30 00:02:33,384 --> 00:02:39,936 material modes of nature and he has to act accordingly. 31 00:02:39,937 --> 00:02:41,304 prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni [Bg. 3.27] 32 00:02:41,305 --> 00:02:44,243 The similar verse is there in the Bhagavad-gītā. 33 00:02:44,244 --> 00:02:48,300 prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ [Bg. 3.27] 34 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:54,431 So we are under the control of the modes of material nature. 35 00:02:54,432 --> 00:02:56,016 Now the next verse says, 36 00:02:56,017 --> 00:02:58,835 eṣa prakṛti-saṅgena [SB 6.1.55] 37 00:02:58,836 --> 00:03:02,364 Eṣa means all these living entities. 38 00:03:02,365 --> 00:03:09,923 In this way, on account of association with this material nature… 39 00:03:09,924 --> 00:03:13,367 prakṛti-saṅgena puruṣasya viparyayaḥ [SB 6.1.55] 40 00:03:13,368 --> 00:03:20,347 Puruṣasya means the living entities; viparyayaḥ, entanglement. 41 00:03:20,348 --> 00:03:25,742 Āsīt: “In this way he is involved.” 42 00:03:25,743 --> 00:03:30,054 sa eva na cirād īśa-saṅgād [SB 6.1.55] 43 00:03:30,055 --> 00:03:38,374 So he is involved in this way, but if he associates with Īśa, 44 00:03:38,375 --> 00:03:44,490 the Supreme Lord, then na cirād, very soon, all these things, 45 00:03:44,491 --> 00:03:49,894 entanglement, can be finished. 46 00:03:49,895 --> 00:03:52,958 This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: 47 00:03:52,959 --> 00:03:57,006 daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā [Bg. 7.14] 48 00:03:57,007 --> 00:04:01,691 One who is entangled with these modes of material nature, 49 00:04:01,692 --> 00:04:04,642 it is very difficult to come out of it. 50 00:04:04,643 --> 00:04:05,496 But, 51 00:04:05,497 --> 00:04:07,087 mām eva ye prapadyante [Bg. 7.14]: 52 00:04:07,088 --> 00:04:12,071 “Anyone who takes My shelter, he can get out.” 53 00:04:12,072 --> 00:04:16,487 And practically, you have got all experience 54 00:04:16,488 --> 00:04:22,434 that our regulative principle is very difficult to give it up, 55 00:04:22,435 --> 00:04:28,394 but those who have become devotee, they have easily given up. 56 00:04:28,395 --> 00:04:32,362 That is also confirmed in another place, 57 00:04:32,363 --> 00:04:36,910 vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yoga-prayojitaḥ [SB 1.2.7] 58 00:04:36,911 --> 00:04:43,528 If we engage ourself in devotional service of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, 59 00:04:43,529 --> 00:04:47,198 janaty āśu vairāgyam [SB 1.2.7] 60 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:56,514 then very soon he becomes detached to these material activities. 61 00:04:56,515 --> 00:04:59,854 …vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam [SB 1.2.7] 62 00:04:59,855 --> 00:05:06,662 These two things required: knowledge and detachment. 63 00:05:06,663 --> 00:05:10,766 Knowledge means that “I am not this body,” 64 00:05:10,767 --> 00:05:13,990 and detachment means “I am not this body; 65 00:05:13,991 --> 00:05:17,234 therefore I have nothing to do with this material world.” [break] [splice] 66 00:05:17,235 --> 00:05:22,209 In the meantime, because he uttered the name of Nārāyaṇa, 67 00:05:22,210 --> 00:05:25,728 the order-carriers of Nārāyaṇa also came there. 68 00:05:25,729 --> 00:05:33,928 So while the Yamadūtas were dragging this Ajāmila to take him to Yamarāja, 69 00:05:33,929 --> 00:05:39,840 the Nārāyaṇa-dūtas warned, “Don’t touch him.” 70 00:05:39,841 --> 00:05:43,844 So Yamadūtas complained that “This man was very sinful. 71 00:05:43,845 --> 00:05:45,907 We must take him to Yamarāja.” 72 00:05:45,908 --> 00:05:47,539 But the Nārāyaṇa-dūtas said, 73 00:05:47,540 --> 00:05:52,608 “No, you cannot take because he has uttered the holy name of Nārāyaṇa.” 74 00:05:52,609 --> 00:05:59,775 So the discussion was going on, “Now who will take him.” 75 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:02,736 In the meantime the Nārāyaṇa-dutas 76 00:06:02,737 --> 00:06:10,363 challenged the Yamadūtas that “Do you know the principles of religion?” 77 00:06:10,364 --> 00:06:13,079 So they were explaining. 78 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:22,047 Now, these Yamadūtas explained about the past life of Ajāmila. 79 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:25,272 His past life is described in this way, 80 00:06:25,273 --> 00:06:28,497 ayaṁ hi śruta-sampannaḥ [SB 6.1.56]: 81 00:06:28,498 --> 00:06:37,055 “This man, Ajāmila, was formerly, was a very learned scholar, brāhmaṇa.” 82 00:06:37,056 --> 00:06:37,706 Śruta. 83 00:06:37,707 --> 00:06:44,251 Śruta means Vedic knowledge, and sampannaḥ means accomplished. 84 00:06:44,252 --> 00:06:44,476 So, 85 00:06:44,477 --> 00:06:49,207 ayaṁ hi śruta-sampannaḥ śīla-vṛtta-guṇālayaḥ [SB 6.1.56] 86 00:06:49,208 --> 00:06:56,695 “And very well behaved, properly situated in his position,” 87 00:06:56,696 --> 00:07:03,879 dhṛta-vrata, “and avowedly following the regulative principles.” 88 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:09,451 So he was learned, he was well-behaved, 89 00:07:09,452 --> 00:07:16,623 and he was avowedly, strictly following the regulative principles. 90 00:07:16,624 --> 00:07:17,740 Mṛduḥ. 91 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:20,319 Mṛdu means very gentle. 92 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:25,038 Dāntaḥ: he had control over his senses. 93 00:07:25,039 --> 00:07:29,039 Satya-vāṅ: he was very truthful. 94 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:38,759 Mantra vit śuciḥ: and he knew all the Vedic mantras and he was very clean. 95 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:39,473 Then, 96 00:07:39,474 --> 00:07:43,180 gurv-agny-atithi-vṛddhānām [SB 6.1.57] 97 00:07:43,181 --> 00:07:49,684 Guru, spiritual master; agni, sacrificial fire; 98 00:07:49,685 --> 00:07:54,693 vṛddhā, aged person; and atithi… 99 00:07:54,694 --> 00:08:00,780 Atithi means guest without invitation. 100 00:08:00,781 --> 00:08:09,388 This is the Vedic culture, that these men should be well received. 101 00:08:09,389 --> 00:08:16,380 Guru means spiritual master; agni, fire; atithi… 102 00:08:16,381 --> 00:08:17,836 Atithi. 103 00:08:17,837 --> 00:08:24,307 Atithi means without any fixed-up invitation; 104 00:08:24,308 --> 00:08:27,817 if somebody comes at your place. 105 00:08:27,818 --> 00:08:33,792 And old men, they should be respectful. 106 00:08:33,793 --> 00:08:42,534 Not very long ago, when we were young men, say thirty years old, 107 00:08:42,535 --> 00:08:53,322 that time we have seen that a young man would not smoke before an old man. 108 00:08:53,323 --> 00:08:55,554 This was the etiquette. 109 00:08:55,555 --> 00:09:01,953 Now they have all forgotten this cultural civilization. 110 00:09:01,954 --> 00:09:06,606 They have no respect for old men. 111 00:09:06,607 --> 00:09:14,110 And now the time is coming when old men will be killed as mercy? 112 00:09:14,111 --> 00:09:15,257 BRAHMĀNANDA: Mercy-killing. 113 00:09:15,258 --> 00:09:15,710 Eh? 114 00:09:15,711 --> 00:09:19,422 Mercy-killing. 115 00:09:19,423 --> 00:09:21,774 sarva-bhūta-suhṛdam [SB 6.1.57] 116 00:09:21,775 --> 00:09:28,486 Not only these particular persons, but he was friendly to all living entities, 117 00:09:28,487 --> 00:09:31,198 sarva-bhūta-suhṛdam [SB 6.1.57] 118 00:09:31,199 --> 00:09:37,206 Sādhu, very honest devotee, sādhu. 119 00:09:37,207 --> 00:09:43,591 And mita-vāg: did not speak more than required. 120 00:09:43,592 --> 00:09:48,046 This is also good qualification: don’t talk nonsense. 121 00:09:48,047 --> 00:09:52,862 Unless you are required to speak, don’t speak. 122 00:09:52,863 --> 00:09:56,454 This is also another good feature. 123 00:09:56,455 --> 00:09:58,647 mita-vāg anasūyakaḥ: [SB 6.1.56] 124 00:09:58,648 --> 00:10:01,742 and not envious to anyone. 125 00:10:01,743 --> 00:10:08,442 These were his qualification when he was young man. 126 00:10:08,443 --> 00:10:12,930 Up to the age of, say, twenty, he was like this. 127 00:10:12,931 --> 00:10:19,094 ekadāsau vanaṁ yātaḥ pitṛ-sandeśa-kṛd dvijaḥ [SB 6.1.58] 128 00:10:19,095 --> 00:10:27,986 Once upon a time, he was passing through the forest to collect flowers, 129 00:10:27,987 --> 00:10:38,030 dry wood, by the order of his father, for performing sacrifices, worshiping the Deity. 130 00:10:38,031 --> 00:10:43,276 He asked his son, “Please collect all these things and bring it.” 131 00:10:43,277 --> 00:10:48,656 ekadāsau vanaṁ yātaḥ pitṛ-sandeśa-kṛd dvijaḥ [SB 6.1.58] 132 00:10:48,657 --> 00:10:54,996 He is explained as dvija; dvija means twice-born. 133 00:10:54,997 --> 00:10:57,764 So this dvija he was a brāhmaṇa, dvija. 134 00:10:57,765 --> 00:11:02,760 He was initiated for the second time, dvija. 135 00:11:02,761 --> 00:11:10,424 So about his going to the forest for collecting all these things, he was going. 136 00:11:10,425 --> 00:11:12,400 Yes. 137 00:11:12,401 --> 00:11:18,228 ādāya tata āvṛttaḥ phala-puṣpa-samit-kuśān [SB 6.1.58] 138 00:11:18,229 --> 00:11:26,669 In this way he collected all the things required for sacrifice, yajña. 139 00:11:26,670 --> 00:11:28,654 Sacrifice, yajña is… 140 00:11:28,655 --> 00:11:31,039 It doesn’t require any money. 141 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,475 You can collect. 142 00:11:32,476 --> 00:11:38,859 Just like flowers you can collect, leaves you can collect, kuśa, a kind of grass, 143 00:11:38,860 --> 00:11:42,835 you can collect, and nobody will object. 144 00:11:42,836 --> 00:11:49,723 Even you collect from a nice garden nobody will object. 145 00:11:49,724 --> 00:11:57,298 So while he was coming back home with all these things, what happened? 146 00:11:57,299 --> 00:12:05,921 dadarśa kāminaṁ kañcic chūdraṁ saha bhujiṣyayā [SB 6.1.59] 147 00:12:05,922 --> 00:12:09,809 Kāma, a lusty śudra. 148 00:12:09,810 --> 00:12:17,154 There are four classes—brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra. 149 00:12:17,155 --> 00:12:23,748 So he saw one lusty śūdra, fourth class. 150 00:12:23,749 --> 00:12:31,155 dadarśa kāminaṁ kañcic chūdraṁ saha bhujiṣyayā [SB 6.1.59] 151 00:12:31,156 --> 00:12:32,015 What he saw? 152 00:12:32,016 --> 00:12:41,956 That this śūdra was embracing another śūdrāṇī, woman śūdra. 153 00:12:41,957 --> 00:12:45,437 So nowadays it has become a fashion— 154 00:12:45,438 --> 00:12:52,524 young man is kissing another young woman on the street. 155 00:12:52,525 --> 00:12:59,932 So this embracing of young man and young woman on the public street, 156 00:12:59,933 --> 00:13:05,508 was strictly prohibited, especially for the higher castes. 157 00:13:05,509 --> 00:13:10,161 But the śūdras, the lower class, fourth-class men, 158 00:13:10,162 --> 00:13:17,203 they used to do such things sometimes, not always. 159 00:13:17,204 --> 00:13:19,433 And what was their position? 160 00:13:19,434 --> 00:13:25,339 pitvā ca madhu maireyaṁ madāghūrṇita-netrayā [SB 6.1.59] 161 00:13:25,340 --> 00:13:30,955 They were not only embracing but they were drunken. 162 00:13:30,956 --> 00:13:36,795 And their eyes were rolling in a different way. 163 00:13:36,796 --> 00:13:46,080 Mattayā, and being mad, almost mad, mattayā, or intoxicated, 164 00:13:46,081 --> 00:13:51,331 viślathan-nīvyā vyapetaṁ nirapatrapam [SB 6.1.60] 165 00:13:51,332 --> 00:13:59,571 the dress of both of them were loose and they did not care for it. 166 00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:06,366 So in this posture—krīḍantam, doing their own business; 167 00:14:06,367 --> 00:14:14,891 anugāyantam, singing, hasantam, laughing, cheering, 168 00:14:14,892 --> 00:14:28,395 hasantam; anayāntike, in a place in the forest—so he saw, this young man. 169 00:14:28,396 --> 00:14:34,790 So after seeing that, he also become inclined, lusty, 170 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:43,677 and that will be explained next, that he became a victim of this lusty woman, 171 00:14:43,678 --> 00:14:53,843 and then he lost his good character and left home, and his young wife, 172 00:14:53,844 --> 00:14:56,955 coming of very respectable family. 173 00:14:56,956 --> 00:14:59,139 He forgot everything. 174 00:14:59,140 --> 00:15:08,959 Then, in association with this prostitute, he gradually became degenerated, degraded. 175 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,099 He became a thief. 176 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:11,372 He became a rogue. 177 00:15:11,373 --> 00:15:12,987 He became a cheater. 178 00:15:12,988 --> 00:15:15,147 That will be explained later on. 179 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:20,827 The purport is: human life is not meant for these things. 180 00:15:20,828 --> 00:15:26,895 Human life is meant for being elevated to the highest platform 181 00:15:26,896 --> 00:15:31,199 of good character and controlling the senses, 182 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:36,555 controlling the mind, remain very clean. 183 00:15:36,556 --> 00:15:43,331 Then you can make progress and your life can become successful. 184 00:15:43,332 --> 00:15:50,355 So because they are not accustomed already to follow this, 185 00:15:50,356 --> 00:15:57,255 therefore so many rascals and dangerous yogis are advertising that 186 00:15:57,256 --> 00:15:59,949 “There is no need of control. 187 00:15:59,950 --> 00:16:04,407 You can join this yoga system and give me money. 188 00:16:04,408 --> 00:16:07,515 I shall give you mantra, and you become God.” 189 00:16:07,516 --> 00:16:10,545 Be careful of these dogs. 190 00:16:10,546 --> 00:16:18,810 Thank you very much. 191 00:16:18,810 --> 00:16:18,810 192 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:18,812 Subtitles by Gopī Kāntā Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com Sponsored by Jitarati Dāsa & Pratyatoṣa Dāsa