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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 15]
that this material world, or anything not directly in touch with service to Krṣṇa, is eternal. Thus you will obtain peace.
PURPORT
The Krṣṇa consciousness movement is factually endeavoring to bring human society to a sober condition. Because of a misdirected civilization, people are jumping in materialistic life like cats and dogs, performing all sorts of abominable, sinful actions and becoming increasingly entangled. The Krṣṇa consciousness movement includes self-realization because one is first directed by Lord Krṣṇa to understand that one is not the body but the owner of the body. When one understands this simple fact, he can direct himself toward the goal of life. Because people are not educated in terms of the goal of life, they are working like madmen and becoming more and more attached to the material atmosphere. The misguided man accepts the material condition as everlasting. One must give up his faith in material things and give up attachment for them. Then one will be sober and peaceful.
TEXT 27
श्रीनारद उवाच
एतां मन्त्रोपनिषदं प्रतीच्छ प्रयतो मम । यां धारयन् सप्तरात्राद् द्रष्टा सङ्कर्षणं विभुम् ॥२७॥
śrī-nārada uvāca etām mantropaniṣadam pratīccha prayato mama yām dhārayan sapta-rātrād draṣṭā saṅkarṣaṇam vibhum
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada Muni said; etām—this; mantra-upaniṣadam—Upaniṣad in the form of a mantra by which one can achieve the highest goal of life; pratīccha—accept; prayataḥ—with great attention (after finishing the funeral ceremony of your dead son); mama—from me; yām—which; dhārayan—accepting; sapta-rātrād—after seven nights; draṣṭā—you will see; saṅkarṣaṇam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Saṅkarṣaṇa; vibhum—the Lord.