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The First Step in God Realization
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name, form, attributes, etc., of the ultimate truth. One should not, therefore, become a  gṛhamedhī  simply to exist for envying others, but one should become a real householder in terms of the scriptural injunctions.
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निद्रया हियते नक्तं व्यवायेन च वा वयः । दिवा चार्थेहया राजन् कुटुम्बभरणेन वा ॥ ३ ॥
nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ divā cārthehayā rājan kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā
nidrayā—by sleeping; hriyate—wastes; naktam—night; vyavāyena—sex indulgence; ca—also; vā—either; vayaḥ—duration of life; divā—days; ca—and; artha—economic; īhayā—development; rājan—O King; kuṭumba—family members; bharaṇena—maintaining; vā—either.
TRANSLATION
The lifetime of such envious householders is passed at night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence, and in the daytime either in making money or maintaining family members.
PURPORT
The present human civilization is primarily based on the principles of sleeping and sex indulgence at night and earning money in the day and spending the same for family maintenance. Such form of human civilization is condemned by the  Bhāgavata  school.
Because human life is a combination of matter and spirit soul, the whole process of Vedic knowledge is directed at liberating the spirit soul from the contamination of matter. The knowledge concerning this is called  ātma-tattva . Those men who are too materialistic are unaware of this knowledge and are more inclined to economic development for material enjoyment. Such materialistic men are called  karmīs  or fruitive laborers,