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Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
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never be able to understand this philosophy. Such persons take to religious principles as a social decoration. They admit themselves into some cultural institution for the sake of name only, especially in this age. Such persons also cannot understand the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Even if one is not greedy for material possessions but is too attached to family life, he also cannot understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Superficially such persons are not very greedy for material possessions, but they are too attached to wife, children and family improvement. When a person is not contaminated by the above-mentioned faults yet at the ultimate issue is not interested in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or if he is a non-devotee, he also cannot understand the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
TEXT 41
अद्धानाय भक्ताय विनीतायानक्षयवे । भूतेषु कृतमैत्राय शुश्रूषामिरताय च ॥४१॥
śraddadhānāya bhaktāya vinītāyānasūyave bhūteṣu kṛta-maitrāya śuśrūṣābhiratāya ca
śraddadhānāya—faithful; bhaktāya—to the devotee; vinītāya—respectful; anasūyave—nonenvious; bhūteṣu—to all living entities; kṛta-maitrāya—friendly; śuśrūṣā—faithful service; abhiratāya—eager to render; ca—and.
TRANSLATION
Instruction should be given to the faithful devotee who is respectful to the spiritual master, nonenvious, friendly to all kinds of living entities and eager to render service with faith and sincerity.
TEXT 42
अद्धिर्जातविरागाय शान्तचित्ताय दीयताम् । निर्मत्सराय शुचये यस्याहं प्रेयसां प्रियः ॥४२॥
bahir-jāta-virāgāya śānta-cittāya dīyatām nirmatsarāya śucaye yasyāham preyasām priyah