1128 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

their lives in an attempt to have illicit sex life, kill animals to satisfy their
tongue, enjoy intoxication and gamble. It is very regrettable that the
leaders of the world do not know of the effects of these sinful activities.
They are instead taking things very easily and are succeeding in making
the ocean of nescience wider and wider.

Opposed to such ignorance, full knowledge is the greatest achievement
within this material world. We can practically see that one who has suffi-
cient knowledge is saved from many dangerous pitfalls in life. As stated in
Bhagavad-gita:

bahiinam janmanam ante
jiidnavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatmd sudurlabhah

‘After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders
unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Sucha
great soul is very rare.” (Bg. 7.19)

This Krsna consciousness movement is determined to open wide the
eyes of the so-called leaders who are full of ignorance and thus save them
from the many pitfalls and dangerous conditions of life. The greatest
danger is the danger of getting a body lower than a human being. It was
with great difficulty that we attained this human form of life just to take
advantage of this body and reestablish our relationship with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Govinda. Lord Siva advises, however, that those
who take advantage of his prayers will very soon become devotees of Lord
Vasudeva and thus will be able to cross the ocean of nescience and make

life perfect.
TEXT 76

Te ASN Tel AA TAY |
aN TTT eTaTaeTaT 194

ya imam sraddhaya yukto
mad-gitam bhagavat-stavam
adhiyano duraradhyam
harim aradhayaty asau

yah—anyone; imam—this; sraddhaya—with great faith; yuktah—devoutly
attached; mat-gitam—the song composed by me or sung by me; bhagavat-
stavam—a prayer offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
adhiyanah—by regular study; duraradhyam—very difficult to worship;
