22 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 6
(like one’s community, society, nation or union of nations); pusnan—
providing with all the necessities of life; sva-lokaya—in understanding
himself; na—not; kalpate—capable; vai—indeed; yah—he who;
sviya—my own; pdadrakya—belonging to others; vibhinna—separate;
bhévah—having a conception of life; tamah—nothing but darkness;
prapadyeta—enters; yathad—just as; vimiidhah—a person without
education, or one who is like an animal.
TRANSLATION

O my friends, sons of demons! In this material world, even
those who are apparently advanced in education have the propen-
sity to consider, “This is mine, and that is for others.”” Thus they
are always engaged in providing the necessities of life to their
families in a limited conception of family life, just like uneducated
cats and dogs. They are unable to take to spiritual knowledge; in-
stead, they are bewildered and overcome by ignorance.

PURPORT

In human society there are attempts to educate the human being, but
for animal society there is no such system, nor are animals able to be
educated. Therefore animals and unintelligent men are called vimidha,
or ignorant, bewildered, whereas an educated person is called vidvan.
The real vidvan is one who tries to understand his own position within
this material world. For example, when Sanatana Gosvami submitted to
the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, his first question was ‘ke
ami’, ‘kene dmaya jdre tapa-traya’. In other words, he wanted to know
his constitutional position and why he was suffering from the threefold
miseries of material existence. This is the process of education. If one
does not ask, “Who am I? What is the goal of my life?” but instead
follows the same animal propensities as cats and dogs, what is the use of
his education? As discussed in the previous verse, a living being is en-
trapped by his fruitive activities, exactly like a silkworm trapped in its
own cocoon. Foolish persons are generally encaged by their fruitive ac-
tions (karma) because of a strong desire to enjoy this material world.
Such attracted persons become involved in society, community and
nation and waste their time, not having profited from having obtained
human forms. Especially in this age, Kali-yuga, great leaders, politicians,
