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connection, the purport of which is as follows: ‘““My dear mind, why are
you so proud of being a Vaisnava? Your solitary worship and chanting of
the holy name of the Lord are based on a desire for cheap popularity, and
therefore your chanting of the holy name is only a pretension. Such an
ambition for a cheap reputation can be compared to the stool of a hog
because such popularity is another extension of the influence of maya.”
One may go to Vrndavana for cheap popularity, and instead of being
absorbed in Krsna consciousness, one may always think of money and
women, which are simply temporary sources of happiness. It is better that
one engage whatever money and women he may have in his possession in
the service of the Lord because sense enjoyment is not for the conditioned
soul.

The master of the senses is HrsikeSa, Lord Krsna. Therefore, the senses
should always be engaged in His service. As for material reputation, there
were many demons like Ravana who wanted to go against the laws of
material nature, but they all failed. One should therefore not take to the
demoniac activity of claiming to be a Vaisnava just for false prestige, with-
out performing service to the Lord. But when one engages oneself in the
devotional service of the Lord, automatically the Vaisnava reputation
comes to him. There is no need to be envious of the devotees who are
engaged in preaching the glories of the Lord. We have practical experience
of being advised by the so-called babajis in Vrndavana that there is no
need to preach and that it is better to live in Vrndavana in a solitary place
and chant the holy name. Such babajis do not know that if one is engaged
in preaching work or in glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
the good reputation of a preacher automatically follows one. One should
not, therefore, prematurely give up the honest life of a householder to
lead a life of debauchery in Vrndavana. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami’s recom-
mendation to leave home and go to the forest in search of Krsna is not for
immature persons. Maharaja Pariksit was mature. Even in his householder
life, or from the very beginning of his life, he worshiped Lord Krsna’s
mirti. In his childhood he worshiped the Deity of Lord Krsna, and later,
although he was a householder, he was always detached, and therefore
when he got the notice of his death, he immediately gave up all connection
with household life and sat down on the bank of the Ganges to hear
Srimad-Bhagavatam in the association of devotees.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Ninetieth Chapter of
Krsna, “Summary Description of Lord Krsna’s Pastimes.”

Thus ends Volume Two of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
