True sobriety emerges when one realizes Krishna consciousness brings complete satisfaction beyond all material loss and grief.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.47 — May 9, 1973, Los Angeles 730509SB-LOS ANGELES [32:37 Minutes] SB-01.08.47_730509SB-LOS ANGELES Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] āha rājā dharma-sutaś cintayan suhṛdāṁ vadham prākṛtenātmanā viprāḥ sneha-moha-vaśaṁ gataḥ [SB 1.8.47] āha—said; rājā—King Yudhiṣṭhira; dharma-sutaḥ—the son of Dharma or Yamarāja; cintayan—thinking of; suhṛdām—of the friends; vadham—killing; prākṛtena—by material conception only; ātmanā—by the self; viprāḥ—O brāhmaṇas; sneha—affection; moha—delusion; vaśam—being carried away by; gataḥ—having gone.
[03:15] Translation: "King Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma, overwhelmed by the death of his friends, was aggrieved just like a common, materialistic man. O sages, thus deluded by affection, he began to speak." Prabhupāda: So when friends die, family members die, we talk of that we are not this body. Theo... Not theory; this is actually the fact.
I say, you say, everyone says. At least, we have understood from Bhagavad-gītā, dehino 'smin yathā dehe [Bg. 2.13], the body is different from the soul. And it is also clearly said, na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre [Bg. 2.20]. After the destruction of the body, the soul is not destroyed.
He remains. He gets another body. Arjuna was also consoled by Kṛṣṇa that "Why you are so much anxious about your grandfather? He will get another body, new body.
What is the use of this old body?" So actually that is the fact. But still, why a man becomes aggrieved when the body is lost? That is explained here, that sneha-moha, illusion of affection. Actually, there is nothing to be aggrieved.
Tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati [Bg. 2.13]. Dhīra, those who are sober, they are not bewildered. Sober man knows that "My this relative, my father or my brother, my grandfather, his death means he is changing this body. He is going to another body.
He is not dead." So dhīra... Dhīra means one who is not disturbed. That requires training. In great dangerous position, one is not disturbed, that is not ordinary thing.