166 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 5

the morning, catching a local train and being packed in a compartment.
He has to stand for an hour or two in order to reach his place of business.
Then again he takes a bus to get to the office. At the office he works hard
from nine to five: then he takes two or three hours to return home. After
eating, he has sex and goes to sleep. For all this hardship, his only happi-
ness is a little sex. Yan maithunddi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham.
Rsabhadeva clearly states that human life is not meant for this kind of
existence, which is enjoyed even by dogs and hogs. Indeed, dogs and hogs
do not have to work so hard for sex. A human being should try to live in
a different way and should not try to imitate dogs and hogs. The alterna-
tive is mentioned. Human life is meant for tapasya, austerity and
penance. By tapasya, one can get out of the material clutches. When one
is situated in Krsna consciousness, devotional service, his happiness is
guaranteed eternally. By taking to bhakti-yoga, devotional service, one’s
existence is purified. The living entity is seeking happiness life after life,
but he can make a solution to all his problems simply by practicing bhak-
ti-yoga. Then he immediately becomes eligible to return home, back to

Godhead. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (4.9):

janma karma ca me divyam
evam yo vetti tattvatah

tyaktva deham punar janma
naiti mdm eti so ’rjuna

‘One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and ac-
tivities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this
material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”

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