Human life's sole purpose is hearing, glorifying, and remembering God—not wasting it pursuing bodily necessities.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
the spirit soul is eternal and changing body, they are blind, apaśyatām ātma-tattvam. They are simply engrossed in this bodily concept of life. Gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām. Compact, encaged in this body, encaged in society, encaged in nationalism, encaged in religion, encaged in ideas, philosophy.
But there is no question of discussing about the soul. Apaśyatām ātma-tattvam. So for them, these foolish persons, those who are not seeing the actual position, constitutional position of the soul and the future of the soul, for them there are many topics, unlimited. Śrotavya, sahasrāni, hundreds and thousands. Nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ [SB 2.1.2]. Apaśyatām ātma-tattvam.
This śloka we have discussed. And what is their subject matter of discussion? The subject matter is that nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ [SB 2.1.3]. At night they sleep or indulge in sex life, and in daytime, divā cārthehayā rājan kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā, and the daytime is wasted, "Where is money?
Where is money." And if he gets money, "How to purchase this thing for that boy? How to purchase for my wife or for my brother?" Kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā. "Purchase this. Where is milk?
Where is rice? Where is...?" In this way we are wasting time, although this human form of life is meant for Brahman realization. Athāto brahma jijñāsā. They have forgotten that.
They have forgotten that. Therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī is reminding that... And they... Of course, at the end of life, at the time of death, one must do it. But not only at the end of life.
One must practice from the beginning of life. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja said, kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha [SB 7.6.1]. This prescription given by Śukadeva Gosvāmī: tasmād bhārata sarvātmā bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca smartavyaś cecchatābhayam This is bhāgavata-dharma. This is bhāgavata-dharma: everything in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.