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The Nectar of Instruction
adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām
“For those who have decided to continue their existence in this material world for the gratification of their senses, there is no chance of becoming Krṣṇa conscious, not by personal endeavor, by instruction from others or by joint conferences. They are dragged by the unbridled senses into the darkest region of ignorance, and thus they madly engage in what is called ‘chewing the chewed.’”
TEXT TWO
अत्याहारः प्रयासश्च प्रजल्पो नियमाग्रहः ।
जनसङ्गश्च लौब्यञ्च षड्भिर्भक्तिर्विनश्यति ॥ २ ॥
atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ jana-saṅgaś ca laulyaṁ ca ṣaḍbhir bhaktir vinaśyati
ati-āhāraḥ—overeating or too much collecting; prayāsaḥ—overendeavoring; ca—and; prajalpaḥ—idle talking; niyama—rules and regulations; āgrahaḥ—too much attachment to (or agrahaḥ—too much neglect of); jana-saṅgaḥ—association with worldly-minded persons; ca—and; laulyam—ardent longing or greed; ca—and; ṣaḍbhiḥ—by these six; bhaktiḥ—devotional service; vinaśyati—is destroyed.