Text 129] The Lord’s Tour of South India 65
than one wife, illicit sex life will be stopped. One can also produce many nice
preparations to offer Krsna—grain, fruit, flowers and milk. Why should one in-
dulge in unnecessary meat-eating and maintain horrible slaughterhouses? What is
the use of smoking and drinking tea and coffee? People are already intoxicated by
material enjoyment, and if they indulge in further intoxication, what chance is
there for self-realization? Similarly, one should not partake in gambling and unnec-
essarily agitate the mind. The real purpose of human life is to attain the spiritual
platform and return to Godhead. That is the summum bonum of spiritual realiza-
tion. The Krsna consciousness movement is trying to elevate human society to
the perfection of life by pursuing the method described by $n Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu in His advice to the brahmana Kirma. That is, one should stay at
home, chant the Hare Krsna mantra and preach the instructions of Krsna as they
are given in Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.
TEXT 129
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kabhu na vadhibe tomara visaya-taranga
punarapi ei thafii pabe mora sanga’”’
SYNONYMS
kabhu—at any time; nd—not; vadhibe—will obstruct; tomara—your; visaya-
tarariga—materialistic way of life; punarapi—again; ei thafi—at this place;
pabe—you will get; mora—My; sanga—association.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahdprabhu further advised the brahmana Karma, “If you
follow this instruction, your materialistic life at home will not obstruct your
spiritual advancement. Indeed, if you follow these regulative principles, we
will again meet here, or, rather, you will never lose My company.”
PURPORT
This is an opportunity for everyone. If one simply follows the instructions of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, under the guidance of His representative, and chants the
Hare Krsna mantra, teaching everyone as far as possible the same principle, the
contamination of the materialistic way of life will not even touch him. It does not
matter whether one lives in a holy place like Vrndavana, Navadvipa or Jagannatha
Puri or in the midst of European cities where the materialistic way of life is very
prominent. If a devotee follows the instructions of $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he
