animal propensities

Why should I give me away to the animal life? Visayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syat. Visaya means the four necessities of material life. That is called visaya. Visaya, four nece... What are the four necessities? That so long we have got this material body, we have to eat. We cannot starve. That is not possible. So similarly, we have to take rest, sleeping; and similarly, we have to enjoy or give satisfaction to our senses; and similarly, we have to defend. This is called visaya. So sastra says that this..., visayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syat [SB 11.9.29]:    (More...)

So sastra says, therefore, that "These four necessities of life you'll get, any form of life. Any insignificant form or very important form, it doesn't matter. You'll get all... This is arranged." You have no anxiety for that. Krsna has given you. Just like even if you are put into the jail life, prison life, for these things government has arranged already. In the jail life there is eating, sleeping, arrangement. So for these things we should not be very much anxious. That is human life. Simply he has to see intelligently things, how things are going on.    (More...)