72 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 1

however, by the grace of Krsna one can very easily control it. Therefore
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended, harer naéma harer nama
harer némaiva kevalam. One should chant the holy name of the Lord
constantly, for the holy name of the Lord is nondifferent from Hari, the
Supreme Person.

By chanting the Hare Krsna mantra constantly, one can fix the mind
on the lotus feet of Krsna (sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh) and in
this way achieve the perfection of yoga. Otherwise, the flickering mind
will hover on the platform of mental speculation for sense enjoyment,
and one will have to transmigrate from one type of body to another be-
cause the mind is trained only in relation to the material elements, or, in
other words, to sense gratification, which is false. Mdyd-sukhadya
bharam udvahato vimidhan (Bhég. 7.9.43). Rascals (vimadhan), being
controlled by mental speculation, make huge arrangements by which to
enjoy life temporarily, but they must give up the body at the time of
death, when everything is taken away by Krsna’s external energy
(mrtyuh sarva-haras céham). At that time, whatever one has created in
this life is lost, and one must automatically accept a new body by the
force of material nature. In this life one may have constructed a very tall
skyscraper, but in the next life, because of one’s mentality, one may have
to accept a body like that of a cat, a dog, a tree or perhaps a demigod.
Thus the body is offered by the laws of material nature. Kdranam guna-
satigo ‘sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu (Bg. 13.22). The spirit soul takes
birth in higher and lower species of life only because of his association
with the three qualities of material nature.

irdhvam gacchanti sattva-stha
madhye tisthanti rdjasah
Jaghanya-guna-ortti-stha

adho gacchanti tamasah

“Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the
higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets;
and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.”
(Bg. 14.18)

In conclusion, the Krsna consciousness movement offers the topmost
welfare activity for human society. The saner section of human society
