1180 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 25

Such foolish persons are like animals because they do not know the process
of sense enjoyment in this life and after death.

PURPORT

Since there are 8,400,000 species of life, there are also many different
living conditions. In the lower grades of life (in plant and tree life) there is
no system for sexual intercourse. In the upper grades (in the life of birds
and bees) there is sex, but the insects and animals do not know how to
actually enjoy sex life. In the human form of life, however, there is full
knowledge of how to enjoy sex. Indeed, there are many so-called philoso-
phers who give directions on how to enjoy sex life. There is even a science
called kdma-sastra, which is the science of sex. In human life there are also
such divisions as brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. There
is no sex life except in the grhastha or householder dsrama. The brahmacari
is not allowed any sex, a vanaprastha voluntarily refrains from sex, and the
sannyasi is completely renounced. The karmis do not practice brahmacarya,
vanaprastha or sannyasa life, for they are very much interested in grhastha
life. In other words, a human being is very much materially inclined. Indeed,
all living entities are materially inclined. They prefer grhastha life because
there is concession for sex. The karmis think the other statuses of life are
worse than animal life, for animals also have sex, whereas the brahmacari,
vanaprastha and sannydasi completely give up sex. The karmis, therefore,
abhor these orders of spiritual life.

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dharmo hy atrartha-kamau ca
prajanando ’mrtam yasah
loka visoka viraja
yan na kevalino viduh

dharmah —religious ritual ; hi—certainly ; atra—here in this grhastha-asrama,
or householder life; artha—economic development; kamau—sense gratifica-
tion; ca—and; praja-anandah—the pleasure of generations; amrtam—the
results of sacrifice; yasah—reputation; lokah—planetary systems; visokah—
without lamentation; virajah—without disease; yan—which; na—never;
kevalinah—the transcendentalists; viduh—know.
