254 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 5

transcendental name, fame, glory, etc., are all nondifferent from Him.
Therefore, all the sages and devotees of the Lord have recommended that
the subject matter of art, science, philosophy, physics, chemistry, psycholo-
gy and all other branches of knowledge should be wholly and solely
applied in the service of the Lord. Art, literature, poetry, painting, etc.,
may be used in glorifying the Lord. The fiction writers, poets and
celebrated literateurs are generally engaged in writing of sensuous subjects,
but if they turn towards the service of the Lord they can describe the
transcendental pastimes of the Lord. Valmiki was a great poet, and
similarly Vyasadeva is a great writer, and both of them have absolutely
engaged themselves in delineating the transcendental activities of the Lord,
and by doing so they have become immortal. Similarly, science and
philosophy also should be applied in the service of the Lord. There is no
use presenting dry speculative theories for sense gratification. Philosophy
and science should be engaged to establish the glory of the Lord. Advanced
people are eager to understand the Absolute Truth through the medium
of science, and therefore a great scientist should endeavor to prove the
existence of the Lord on a scientific basis. Similarly, philosophical
speculations should be utilized to establish the Supreme Truth as sentient
and all-powerful. Similarly, all other branches of knowledge should always
be engaged in the service of the Lord. In the Bhagavad-gita also the same
is affirmed. All “knowledge” not engaged in the service of the Lord is but
nescience. Real utilization of advanced knowledge is to establish the glories
of the Lord, and that is the real import. Scientific knowledge engaged in
the service of the Lord and all similar activities are all factually Hari-kirtana
or glorification of the Lord.

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aham puratitabhave’bhavarn mune
dasyastu kasyascana veda-vadinam

niriupito balaka eva yoginam
SuSsriigane pravysi nirviviksatam
