90 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 12
Godhead. Being attracted by external opulence, the nondevotee always forgets
his intimate relationship with Krsna. Such a person does not like the idea of be-
coming Krsna conscious. This is explained by Srila Prahlada Maharaja in Srimad-
Bhagavatam (7.5.30):
matir na krsne paratah svato va
mitho ‘bhipadyeta grha-vratanam
adanta-gobhir visatamh tamisrar
punah punas carvita-carvananam
Materialists who are overly attracted to the material body, material world and ma-
terial enjoyment, who cannot control their material senses, are carried to the
darkest regions of material existence. Such people cannot become Krsna con-
scious, neither by themselves nor by congregational effort. Such people do not
understand that the goal of life for a human being is to understand the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Visnu. A human life is especially meant for this purpose,
and one has to go through all kinds of penances and austerities and set aside the
propensity for sense gratification. Materialists always remain blind because they
are always guided by blind rascals. A materialistic person considers himself free to
act as he likes. He does not know that he is rigidly controlled by the stringent laws
of nature, nor does he know that he has to transmigrate from one body to another
and perpetually rot in material existence. Such rascals and foolish people are lured
by the prayers of their foolish leaders for sense gratification, and they cannot
understand what is meant by Krsna consciousness. The material world exists out-
side the spiritual sky, and a foolish materialist cannot estimate the extent of this
material sky. What, then, can he know of the spiritual sky? Materialists simply
believe their imperfect senses and do not take instructions from the revealed
scriptures. According to Vedic civilization, one has to see through the authority of
the revealed scriptures, Sastra-caksuh: one should see everything through the
medium of the Vedic literature. In this way, one can distinguish between the
spiritual world and material world. If one ignores such instructions, he cannot be
convinced of the existence of the spiritual world. Because they have forgotten
their spiritual identity, materialists take this material world as the all in all. They are
therefore called bahirmukha.
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AE BeE,— 464 fHG Sew corata AS |

COLa-AceH MALTA CHA BAW AHS |) Sve |

prabhu kahe, —p6urve siddha krsne tomara priti

tomd-sange a4ma-sabara haila krsne mati
