The calculation of life is already given account. Maximum years, hundred years. Fifty years by sleeping, minus. Then fifty years remains. Then twenty years childhood and playing. Then, remaining thirty years, and twenty years in old age, invalidity, not fulfillment of desires, what to do. In this way twenty years, and balance ten years, because all along one is directed by lusty desires, what he'll do? Prahlada Maharaja is trying to establish his submission. It is not theory, but submission that kaumara acaret prajno dharman bhagavatan iha [SB 7.6.1]. From the very childhood this bhagavata-dharma should be taught and learned. Just like here, these boys, they are very fortunate because from the very beginning of their life they are being taught in bhagavata-dharma. They are coming, take a little flower, offering to the Deity or the spiritual master, offering obeisances, chanting, taking little prasadamthese are all taken into account. Every inch of it. It is not that playfully they are doing this. No. Because bhakti-marga, Krsna says man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. Four things: "Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer obeisances unto Me." Four things. So even the child can do it. A child can, because he is mixing with devotees, he's seeing the Deity, naturally his mind always thinks of Krsna, naturally psychology. So man-mana, and they're coming to the temple, mad-bhakta, becoming bhakta. Offering obeisances to the Deity, to the spiritual master, to the Vaisnavas, bhakta, they're becoming bhaktas. And little flower, fruits, offering to the Deity, mad-yaji mam namaskuru. It is so easy. And by practicing this, Krsna says if you do this only, then mam evaisyasi, you come back. By doing these four things one can go back to home? Yes. Krsna says asamsaya, "without any doubt." It is so nice. Not that it is gambling: "It may be or..." No. It must be. Anyone who is performing these four principles of devotional service...

If you do not practice from the very beginning, it is not possible. Ante narayana-smrtih [SB 2.1.6]. It is said that the greatest success of life is at the time of (death) remembering Narayana, ante narayana-smrtih. Just like Ajamila. He, at the end of his life, remembered Narayana. So this is success. But this can be possible if we practice from the very beginning. Ajamila, first of all, he was a brahmacari, brahmana, very well behaved brahmana, learned everything, but due to bad association he fell down. But Krsna gave him the opportunity, Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, na me bhakta pranasyati. If once one has sincerely become the pure devotee of Krsna, that will never go in vain. So Krsna saw this Ajamila in his childhood and boyhood and youthhood a devotee, so He gave him the chance. At last, he had ten sons. The tenth son was named as Narayana. This is Krsna's policy, that "This rascal is forgetting Me, so I'll give him a child whose name is Narayana." So, with reference to his son, he was chanting "Narayana." "Narayana, please come here, my dear son. Narayana, please take this food." So in this way, his account was being credited, "Narayana, Narayana, Narayana." You see? So therefore he got the salvation. Similarly, if we simply chant Hare Krsna and follow these principles, our life is successful. This is called ajnata-sukrti. We have to acquire sukrti. Sukrti means pious activities. Su means pious and krti means activities. Sukrtino 'rjuna. Catur-vidha bhajante mam janah sukrtino 'rjuna [Bg. 7.16]. Arjuna... Those who are sukrtina, means one's background is pious, they begin bhajana, Krsna consciousness. Catur-vidha bhajante mam janah sukrtino 'rjuna. Arto, artharthi, jnani, jijnasur. Four kinds of menarto, the one who is distressed, and artharthi, one who is poor, wants some money. Jnanione who wants to know what is God; jijnasurinquisitive. Such persons, if his background is piety, sukrtina, then he begins bhajana.

Everything will be finished. Nobody can give us any protection except Krsna. If we want to be freed from the clutches of maya-janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi [Bg. 13.9]we must take shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna through the spiritual master and live with devotees who have engaged themselves for the same purpose. It is called... What is that exact word? Sakhi or something. Now I am forgetting. But in the same category we must live and execute our Krsna consciousness. Then these impediments, grhesu saktasya pramattasya. Anyone who is..., all the karmis, they are attached to this family life, but family life is good provided there is Krsna consciousness. Grhe va vanete thake, ha gauranga bole dake. It doesn't matter, either he is in family life or he's in sannyasi life, if he's a devotee, then his life is successful.