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CHAPTER FIVE

ŚB 7.5.30

श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच

मतिर्न कृ ष्णे परत: स्वतो वा

मिथोऽभिपद्येत गृहव्रतानाम् ।

अदान्तगोभिर्विशतां तमिस्रं

पुन: पुनश्चर्वितचर्वणानाम् ॥ ३० ॥

śrī-prahrāda uvāca

matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā

mitho ’bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām

adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ

punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām

Synonyms

śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca — Prahlāda Mahārāja said; matiḥ — inclination; na

— never; kṛṣṇe — unto Lord Kṛṣṇa; parataḥ — from the instructions of
others; svataḥ — from their own understanding; vā — either; mithaḥ —
from combined effort; abhipadyeta — is developed; gṛha-vratānām — of
persons too addicted to the materialistic, bodily conception of life; adānta
— uncontrolled; gobhiḥ — by the senses; viśatām — entering; tamisram —
hellish life; punaḥ — again; punaḥ — again; carvita — things already
chewed; carvaṇānām — who are chewing.

Translation

Prahlāda Mahārāja replied: Because of their uncontrolled senses,

persons too addicted to materialistic life make progress toward
hellish conditions and repeatedly chew that which has already been
chewed. Their inclinations toward Kṛṣṇa are never aroused, either by
the instructions of others, by their own efforts, or by a combination
of both.

Purport

In this verse the words matir na kṛṣṇe refer to devotional service

rendered to Kṛṣṇa. So-called politicians, erudite scholars and
philosophers who read Bhagavad-gītā try to twist some meaning from it
to suit their material purposes, but their misunderstandings of Kṛṣṇa will
not yield them any profit. Because such politicians, philosophers and
scholars are interested in using Bhagavad-gītā as a vehicle for adjusting
things materially, for them constant thought of Kṛṣṇa, or Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, is impossible (matir na kṛṣṇe). As stated in Bhagavad-gītā
(18.55), bhaktyā mām abhijānāti: only through devotional service can one
understand Kṛṣṇa as He is. The so-called politicians and scholars think of
Kṛṣṇa as fictitious. The politician says that his Kṛṣṇa is different from the
Kṛṣṇa depicted in Bhagavad-gītā. Even though he accepts Kṛṣṇa and Rāma
as the Supreme he thinks of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as impersonal because he
has no idea of service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus his only business is punaḥ punaś
carvita-carvaṇānām — chewing the chewed again and again. The aim of
such politicians and academic scholars is to enjoy this material world
with their bodily senses. Therefore it is clearly stated here that those who
are gṛha-vrata, whose only aim is to live comfortably with the body in the
material world, cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. The two expressions gṛha-vrata
and carvita-carvaṇānām indicate that a materialistic person tries to enjoy
sense gratification in different bodily forms, life after life, but is still
unsatisfied. In the name of personalism, this ism or that ism, such persons
always remain attached to the materialistic way of life. As stated in
Bhagavad-gītā (2.44):

bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ

tayāpahṛta-cetasām

vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ

samādhau na vidhīyate

“In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and
material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute
determination for devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take
place.” Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in
devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagavān, Kṛṣṇa,
or His instruction, Bhagavad-gītā. Adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisram: their
path actually leads toward hellish life.

As confirmed by Ṛṣabhadeva, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ: one

must try to understand Kṛṣṇa by serving a devotee. The word mahat
refers to a devotee.

mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha

daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ

bhajanty ananya-manaso

jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam

“O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the
protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional
service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
original and inexhaustible.” (Bg. 9.13) A mahātmā is one who is constantly
engaged in devotional service, twenty-four hours a day. As explained in
the following verses, unless one adheres to such a great personality, one
cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to know where
Prahlāda had gotten this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Who had taught him?
Prahlāda sarcastically replied, “My dear father, persons like you never
understand Kṛṣṇa. One can understand Kṛṣṇa only by serving a mahat, a
great soul. Those who try to adjust material conditions are said to be
chewing the chewed. No one has been able to adjust material conditions,
but life after life, generation after generation, people try and repeatedly
fail. Unless one is properly trained by a mahat — a mahātmā, or unalloyed
devotee of the Lord — there is no possibility of one’s understanding Kṛṣṇa
and His devotional service.”

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