1562 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 31

PURPORT

Remaining in family life is a kind of concession for sense enjoyment.
One should know that sense enjoyment is not required, but one has to
accept sense enjoyment inasmuch as one has to live. As confirmed in
Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.10): kdmasya nendriya-pritih. One has to become
a gosvami and control his senses. One should not simply use his senses for
sense gratification; rather, the senses should be employed just as much as
required for maintaining body and soul together. Srila Rtipa Gosvami
recommends: andsaktasya visayan yatharham upayufijatah. One should not
be attached to sense objects but should accept sense enjoyment as much
as required, no more. If one wishes to enjoy the senses more than required,
he becomes attached to family life, which means bondage. All the Pracetas
admitted their fault in remaining in household life.

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TA: TACT THVT |
Tarsea AA TAK AAT II 9 1!

tan nah pradyotayddhyatma-
jiidnam tattvartha-darsanam
yendfijasa tarisyamo
dustaram bhava-sagaram

tat—therefore; nah—for us; pradyotaya—kindly awaken; adhyadtma—
transcendental; jridnam—knowledge; tattva— Absolute Truth; artha—for the
purpose of; darsanam—philosophy; yena—by which; afijasd—easily; taris-
yamah—we can cross over; dustaram—formidable; bhava-sdgaram—the ocean
of nescience.

TRANSLATION

Dear master, kindly enlighten us in transcendental knowledge, which
may act as a torchlight by which we may cross the dark nescience of mate-
rial existence.

PURPORT

The Pracetas requested Narada to enlighten them in transcendental
knowledge. Generally when a common man meets a saintly person, he
wishes to get some material benediction. However, the Pracetas were not
interested in material benefit, for they had enjoyed all this sufficiently.
