Ignorance of God's laws causes suffering; surrender to Krishna brings liberation and happiness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 4.31 — January 11, 1969, Los Angeles 690111BG-LOS ANGELES [62:09 Minutes] Bg-04.31_690111BG-LOS ANGELES Devotee: [chants prema dvani]
Prabhupāda: All glories to the assembled devotees.
Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Thank you for your kīrtana. Yes, it is improving nice. Yes. Now why that light is not on?
Prabhupāda: Something wrong? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The circuit. The circuit is shorted. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: There was no time before kīrtana to fix it.
Prabhupāda: All right. Your book is here. Page? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: One twenty-eight.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Young boy devotee: Bhagavad-gītā, page 128, verse thirty-one. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life; what then of the next?" Purport: "Whatever form of material existence one is in, one is invariably ignorant of the real situation of his living condition. In other words, existence in the material world is due to the multiple reactions to our sinful lives.