156 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 14
TRANSLATION

Even if one is a householder rather than a brahmacari, a
sannyasi or a vanaprastha, one should not endeavor very hard for
religiosity, economic development or satisfaction of the senses.
Even in householder life, one should be satisfied to maintain body
and soul together with whatever is available with minimum en-
deavor, according to place and time, by the grace of the Lord. One
should not engage oneself in ugra-karma.

PURPORT

In human life there are four principles to be fulfilled —dharma,
artha, kama and moksa (religion, economic development, sense gratifica-
tion, and liberation). First one should be religious, observing various
rules and regulations, and then one must earn some money for
maintenance of his family and the satisfaction of his senses. The
most important ceremony for sense gratification is marriage because sex-
ual intercourse is one of the principal necessities of the material body.
Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham. Although sexual inter-
course is not a very exalted requisite in life, both animals and men re-
quire some sense gratification because of material propensities. One
should be satisfied with married life and not expend energy for extra
sense gratification or sex life.

As for economic development, the responsibility for this should be en-
trusted mainly to the vaisyas and grhasthas. Human society should be
divided into varnas and dsramas—brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, Sidra,
brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannydsa. Economic develop-
ment is necessary for grhasthas. Brahmana grhasthas should be satisfied
with a life of adhyayana, adhydpana, yajana and yajana—being
learned scholars, teaching others to be scholars, learning how to worship
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, and also teaching others
how to worship Lord Visnu, or even the demigods. A brahmana should
do this without remuneration, but he is allowed to accept charity from a
person whom he teaches how to be a human being. As for the ksatriyas,
they are supposed to be the kings of the land, and the land should be dis-
tributed to the vaisyas for agricultural activities, cow protection and
trade. Sidras must work; sometimes they should engage in occupational
