Therefore it is said, prakrtena atmana. Prakrtena, by worldly relationship, prakrtena atmana viprah sneha-moha-vasam gatah. Sneha, affection; moha, illusion. Just like Arjuna, the same thing: out of affection he was denying. He was denying, "No, no, Krsna, I shall not fight. There, on the other side, there are my brothers, my nephews, my grandfather, and my teacher, Dronacarya, all my object of affection and obeisances, and I will have to kill them. You are inducing me. No, no, don't do it." That is prakrtena. He did not know the spiritual necessities. Sometimes we take sannyasa. I have seen. One of our Godbrother, big Godbrother, he took sannyasa. So his son was crying, and he was also crying. Then, if you have got affection for your family, society, then why you are taking sannyasa? That is prakrtena. We should not be carried away by this material affection, no. That is not good. You must do your duty. That is the instruction of Bhagavad-gita, that "Arjuna, you are being carried away by your material affection, and you are hesitating to execute your duty. This is not good." Anarya-justam: "This is befitting for the anarya, non-Aryan." Non-Aryan means not civilized, and Aryan means civilized. This is the distinction. Now people are very much fond of calling themselves as civilized, Aryan, belonging to the Aryan family. Where is the Aryan civilization? Aryan civilization means this Vedic civilization. Just like Arjuna, a ksatriya, belonged to the Aryan civilization, and because he was denying to fight, Krsna accused him, "Oh, this is just like non-Aryans." Anarya-justam, non-Aryans.   (More...)

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