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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 22]
cation and brothels for sex. Sex, however, is allowed in married life only, and prostitution is prohibited because all our activities are ultimately aimed at liberation, at freedom from the clutches of material existence. It is advised therefore that one not act in a way that will obstruct the regular process of advancement in spiritual life and liberation. The Vedic process of sense gratification is therefore planned in such a way that one can economically develop and enjoy sense gratification and yet ultimately attain liberation. Vedic civilization offers us all knowledge in the  śāstras , and if we live a regulated life under the direction of  śāstras  and  guru , all our material desires will be fulfilled; at the same time we will be able to go forward to liberation.
TEXT 35
तत्रापि मोक्ष एवार्थ आत्यन्तिकतयेष्यते । त्रैवर्ग्योऽर्थो यतो नित्यं कृतान्तभयसंयुतः ॥३५॥
tatrāpi mokṣa evārtha ātyantikatayeṣyate traivargyo 'rtho yato nityam kṛtānta-bhaya-samyutaḥ
tatra —there;  api —also;  mokṣaḥ —liberation;  eva —certainly;  arthe —for the matter of;  ātyantikatayā —most important;  iṣyate —taken in that way;  traivargyaḥ —the three others, namely, religion, economic development and sense gratification;  arthaḥ —interest;  yataḥ —wherefrom;  nityam —regularly;  kṛtānta —death;  bhaya —fear;  samyutaḥ —attached.
TRANSLATION
Out of the four principles—namely, religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation—liberation has to be taken very seriously. The other three are subject to destruction by the stringent law of nature—death.
PURPORT
Mokṣa , or liberation, has to be taken very seriously, even at the sacrifice of the other three items. As advised by Sūta Gosvāmī in the beginning of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , religious principles are not based on success in economic development. Because we are very attached to sense gratification, we go to God, to the temple or churches, for some economic reasons. Then again, economic development does not mean sense gratification. Everything should be adjusted in such a way that we attain liberation. Therefore