260 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15
indriyesu kriyd-yajnan
jnana-dipesu juhvati

niseka-ddi—the beginning of life (the purificatory process of
garbhadhana, performed when the father begets a child by discharging
semen into the womb of the mother); smasana-antaih—and at death,
when the body is put into a crematorium and burnt to ashes;
sarnskaraih—by such purificatory processes; sarnskrtah—purified; dvi-
jah—a twiceborn bradhmana; indriyesu—into the senses; kriyd-
yajfian —activities and sacrifices (which elevate one to a higher planetary
system); jfidna-dipesu—by enlightenment in real knowledge; juhvati—
offers.

TRANSLATION

A twiceborn brahmana [dvija] gains his life by the grace of his
parents through the process of purification known as
garbhadhana. There are also other processes of purification, until
the end of life, when the funeral ceremony [antyesti-kriya] is per-
formed. Thus in due course a qualified brahmana becomes unin-
terested in materialistic activities and sacrifices, but he offers the
sensual sacrifices, in full knowledge, into the working senses,
which are illuminated by the fire of knowledge.

PURPORT

Those interested in materialistic activities remain in the cycle of birth
and death. Pravrtti-mafga, or the inclination to stay in the material
world to enjoy varieties of sense gratification, has been explained in the
previous verse. Now, in this verse, it is explained that one who has per-
fect brahminical knowledge rejects the process of elevation to higher
planets and accepts nivrtti-mdarga; in other words, he prepares himself to
go back home, back to Godhead. Those who are not braéhmanas but
atheists do not know what is pravrtti-maérga or nivrtti-marga; they
simply want to obtain pleasure at any cost. Our Krsna consciousness
movement is therefore training devotees to give up the praurtti-marga
and accept the nivrtti-mdrga in order to return home, back to Godhead.
This is a little difficult to understand, but it is very easy if one takes to
Krsna consciousness seriously and tries to understand Krsna. A Krsna
