So there is a description of different features of the body of Nrsimhadeva, description of the face, the ear, the mane and the nails, everything, very, very fearful. But the nails, the significant word is hereari-bhit nakhagrat. Ari-bhit. Ari means enemy, and these nails are meant for piercing the chest of the enemy, not of the devotee. Ari-bhit nakhagrat. Everything is fierceful to the enemy, to the demons, but to the devotees they're all beautiful. They are pleasing. That is the difference between the Personality of Godhead and material personality. Everything... God is all-good. Even God appears in such fierceful attitude, it is beautiful to the devotees. God's stealing... This is abominable, stealing, in this material world. But in the spiritual world, that stealing by Krsna is worshipable. Makhana-chora, butter thief. The devotees like that "Krsna should come to my house and steal my things, butter." That is the pastime of Vrndavana-lila. Krsna would go to every house and steal butter, and they would be very much pleased that "Krsna has come to steal here." They would come, a formally complaint lodged before Yasodamayi, and Krsna would be afraid. But these things are very, very enjoyable. Krsna is being chastised by Yasodamayi, and still, he's thinking, she's thinking, "Whether Krsna has become very much afraid?" This is called Vrndavana-lila. The love for Krsna is so strong that whatever Krsna does, that is beautiful. And the spiritual world, what is condemnable in this material world, that is very worshipable in the spiritual world. Spiritual world, the love is parakiya-rasa. Parakiya-rasa. Here in this material world, if you create some relationship with other's wife, that is very condemnable. But in the spiritual world the loving affairs between the gopis and Krsna is the same, is like that. Krsna is making loving affairs with other's wife. So therefore sometimes, without understanding Krsna, if one tries to understand the loving affairs of Krsna with gopis, they misunderstand. They think that "Krsna is woman-hunter, and Krsna is making love with other's wife and daughter." They do not know.

So here the fierceful attitude, very, very fierceful, that is very pleasing to Prahlada Maharaja. He said, naham bibhemy ajita te 'tibhayanakasya: "Your face is very fearful to the enemies, but it is very beautiful to me." Everything. Naham bibhemy ajita te 'tibhayanakasya jihva. Everything fierceful... In the next verse Prahlada Maharaja will say that "This fierceful attitude of Your Lordship is not at all fearful to me, as it is fearful to me, this material existence." That he will explain, next verse. Trasto 'smy aham krpana-vatsala duhsahogra-samsara-cakra-kadanad grasatam pranitah. This material world is very, very fierceful to the devotees. They are very, very much afraid of. This is the difference. Materialistic persons, they are thinking, "This world is very pleasing. We are enjoying. Eat, drink, be merry and enjoy." But the devotees, they think, "It is very, very fierceful. How soon we shall get out of it?" My Guru Maharaja used to say that "This material world is not fit for living for any gentleman." He used to say. "No gentleman can live here." So these things are not understood by the nondevotees, how much pinching this material world is. Duhkhala... Krsna says it is duhkhalayam asasvatam [Bg. 8.15]. That is the difference between the devotee and nondevotee. The duhkhalayam, they are trying to adjust how to make it sukhalayam. That is not possible.

So unless one becomes detestful of this material world, it is to be understood that he has not yet entered in the spiritual understanding. Bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra syat [SB 11.2.42]. This is the test of bhakti. If one has entered the domain of devotional service, this material world will be not at all tasteful for him. Virakti. No more. Ara nare bapa (?). The Jagai-Madhai, too much materialistic, woman-hunters, drunkard, meat-eater... So these things have become now common affairs. But it is very, very fearful for the devotees. Therefore we say, "No intoxication; no illicit sex; no meat-eating." It is very very fearful. But they do not know. Mudhah nabhijanati. They do not know it. They indulge in. The whole world is going on on this platform. He does not know that he is creating a very, very fierceful situation by indulging in these sinful activities.

So to get out of these habits, it requires tapasa, tapasya.

So in order to know all this transcendental subject matter, it is recommended, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet: [MU 1.2.12] "One must approach to the proper guru to understand this subject matter." And that is success of human life. Otherwise, to live like cats and dogssa eva go-kharah: [SB 10.84.13] cows and asses, animal lifethis is not civilization. So our this Krsna consciousness movement is an attempt, however small it may be, to bring back the human society to real civilization. It is not ordinary movement. They are not civilized. Mudha. This is a civilization of rascals and fools. But to bring them back to knowledge, that is civilization. That civilization is spiritual life. Athato brahma jijnasa. This human life is meant for spiritual life, not for material life like cats and dogs. This is not required. This is Vedanta philosophy, athato brahma jijnasa. One must try to learn what is the ultimate source of everything, not that theorizing or, what is called, imagining something. Take knowledge from the right source, brahma-vidya, the Vedic knowledge, and try to understand the situation, what is Brahman, what you are. We are also Brahman. Aham brahmasmi. These things are to be known. And when we neglect to understand these things, that means we are going to the wrong way of life. The wrong way of life can be allowed up to the animal life. Out of 8,400,000 forms of life, the animal life, three million types of animal life, by evolutionary process we come to the human life. Now we should inquire about spiritual life. That is civilization. Without spiritual life, without inquiring the spiritual life, it is animal life. Sa eva go-kharah [SB 10.84.13]. So try to understand this Krsna consciousness movement. And spiritual life means to understand Krsna. That is spiritual life. Krsna comes to explain Himself. And hear from Him and understand Him as He says. Then, as soon as you understand Krsna, your life is successful. This is Krsna consciousness movement.

Krsna, or God, is very difficult to understand.

So this Krsna consciousness movement is the topmost education, culture. Those who have come to Krsna consciousness movement, they should seriously take it and try to understand Krsna. Their life will be successful.

Thank you very much. (end)