254 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9

gosthy-dnandis try to elevate all others to Krsna consciousness so that
they may be saved. Fools who cannot perceive repeated birth and death
and the other miseries of materialistic life cannot be sure of what will
happen to them in their next birth. Indeed, these foolish, materially con-
taminated rascals have manufactured an irresponsible way of life that
does not consider the next life. They do not know that according to one’s
own activities, one receives a body selected from 8,400,000 species.
These rascals have been described in Bhagavad-gita as duskrtino
midhah. Nondevotees, those who are not Krsna conscious, must engage
in sinful activities, and therefore they are miidhas—fools and rascals.
They are such fools that they do not know what will happen to them in
their next life. Although they see varieties of living creatures eating
abominable things—pigs eating stool, crocodiles eating all kinds of flesh,
and so on—they do not realize that they themselves, because of their
practice of eating all kinds of nonsense in this life, will be destined to eat
the most abominable things in their next life. A Vaisnava is always afraid
of such an abominable life, and to free himself from such horrible condi-
tions, he engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord. The Lord
is compassionate to them, and therefore He appears for their benefit.

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O de-
scendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time |
descend Myself.” (Bg. 4.7) The Lord is always ready to help the fallen
souls, but because they are fools and rascals, they do not take to Krsna
consciousness and abide by the instructions of Krsna. Therefore although
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is personally the Supreme Lord, Krsna, He
comes as a devotee to preach the Krsna consciousness movement. Yare
dekha, tare kaha ‘krsna’-upadesa. One must therefore become a sincere
servant of Krsna. Amdra djfdya guru haa tara’ ei desa (Cc.
Madhya 7.128). One should become a guru and spread Krsna conscious-
ness all over the world, simply by preaching the teachings of Bhagavad-

gita.
