342 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19
soul; [abha—profit according to material calculations; pdja—adoration achieved
by satisfying mundane people; pratistha-ddi—becoming an important man in ma-
terial calculations, and so on; yata—all these; upasakhd-gana—unnecessary
creepers.

TRANSLATION

“Some unnecessary creepers growing with the bhakti creeper are the
creepers of behavior unacceptable for those trying to attain perfection,
diplomatic behavior, animal killing, mundane profiteering, mundane adora-
tion and mundane importance. All these are unwanted creepers.

PURPORT

There is a certain pattern of behavior prescribed for those actually trying to be-
come perfect. In our Krsna consciousness movement we advise our students not
to eat meat, not to gamble, not to engage in illicit sex and not to indulge in
intoxication. People who indulge in these activities can never become perfect;
therefore these regulative principles are for those interested in becoming perfect
and going back to Godhead. Kutinati, or diplomatic behavior, cannot satisfy the
dtmd, the soul. It cannot even satisfy the body or the mind. The culprit mind is al-
ways suspicious; therefore our dealings should always be straightforward and ap-
proved by Vedic authorities. If we treat people diplomatically or duplicitously, our
spiritual advancement is obstructed. Jiva-hirhsana refers to the killing of animals
or to envy of other living entities. The killing of poor animals is undoubtedly due
to envy of those animals. The human form is meant for the understanding of Krsna
consciousness (athato brahma-jijfidsa), for inquiring about the Supreme Brahman.
In the human form, everyone has a chance to understand the Supreme Brahman.
The so-called leaders of human society do not know the real aim of human life
and are therefore busy with economic development. This is misleading. Every
state and every society is busy trying to improve the quality of eating, sleeping,
mating and defending. This human form of life is meant for more than these four
animal principles. Eating, sleeping, mating and defending are problems found in
the animal kingdom, and the animals have solved their problems without dif-
ficulty. Why should human society be so busy trying to solve these problems?
The difficulty is that people are not educated to understand this simple philoso-
phy. They think that advancement of civilization means increasing sense gratifica-
tion.

There are many religious propagandists who do not know how the ultimate
problems of life can be solved, and they also try to educate people in a form of
sense gratification. This is also jiva-himsana. Real knowledge is not given, and
religionists mislead the general populace. As far as material profits are concerned,
one should know that whatever material profit one has must be abandoned at the
