Human life is wasted without chanting Hare Krishna, the transcendental remedy for material existence's burning fire.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Lecture on Hari Hari Biphale — November 13, 1968, Los Angeles 681113LE-LOS ANGELES [44:38 Minutes] Prabhupāda: ...especially introduced by the disciplic succession of Lord Caitanya, and this Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, who has sung this hari hari biphale janama goṭāinu, he's a famous ācārya. His compositions are accepted as Vedic truth. So this purport of this song is very nice. He's lamenting, appealing to Hari, the Lord. Hari hari biphale janama goṭāinu: "My dear Lord, I have uselessly spoiled my life." Biphale means uselessly, and janama means birth, and goṭāinu means "I have passed." He's representating a common man, as every one of us is simply spoiling our life.
They do not know that they are spoiling their life. They are thinking that "I've got very nice apartment, very nice car, very nice wife, very nice income, very nice social position." So many things. These are the material attraction. Gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair. [child crying] [aside:] Stop it. Oh, that's all... The attraction, material attraction, is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in many ways.
In one place it is very nicely summarized what is this material attraction. The basic principle of material attraction is sex. [child crying] Pumsaḥ striya mithuni-bhavam etam [SB 5.5.8]. [The attraction between male and female is the basic principle of material existence. On the basis of this misconception, which ties together the hearts of the male and female, one becomes attracted to his body, home, property, children, relatives and wealth. In this way one increases life's illusions and thinks in terms of "I and mine."] A man is hankering after another woman, and the woman is hankering after another man. This is the basic principle of material life. Puṁsaḥ striyā mithunī-bhāvam etam [SB 5.5.8]. Mithunī-bhāvam means sex. Tayor mitho hrdaya-granthim.
And when they actually come into sexual life, each one of them become too much attracted. Hṛdaya-granthim. Granthi means very hard knot: "I cannot leave you." He says, "I cannot leave you. You are my life and soul," and she says, "You are my life and soul." For a few days. [laughs] And then again divorce.
You see? But the beginning is there. Basic principle of material attraction is this sex life. This is general. Those who have organized the sex life in social convention in so many ways...
The marriage is also another convention to give a very finishing nice touch than the animal. That's all. Just like sometimes it is said marriage is legalized prostitution. So for social convention the marriage is a license, but it is also based on the sex life. But for keep up social life, one has to accept some regulative principle.
Therefore sex life like animals and sex life in marriage, there is difference; it is better. That is accepted in civilized world. So when they're united some way or other, then next demand is nice apartment, gṛha. The next demand, gṛha-kṣetra, land. Because human civilization is based on land and cow, gavayā dhanavān.