Through regulated living aligned with shastra, all activities—including family life—become Krishna conscious and spiritually purifying.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 7.11–12 — February 25, 1974, Bombay 740225BG-BOMBAY [36:27 Minutes] Bg-07.11–12_740225BG-BOMBAY Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha [Bg. 7.11] [break] Translation: "I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O Lord of the Bhāratas, Arjuna." Prabhupāda: Next śloka also. Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi [Bg. 7.12] [break] [04:45] Translation: "All states of being, be they of goodness, passion or ignorance, are manifested by My energy. I am in one sense everything, but I am independent.
I am not under the modes of this material nature." Prabhupāda: balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha [Bg. 7.11] Kṛṣṇa is explaining everything, how you can become Kṛṣṇa conscious twenty-four hours. [loud sounds of firecrackers in background] The one process is, as recommended by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ [Cc. Ādi 17.31] Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ: "Always chanting the glories of the Lord." Man-manāḥ... Satataṁ kīrtayanto mām [Bg. 9.14]. Kṛṣṇa also says in the Bha... satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaś ca māṁ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate [Bg. 9.14] These are the mahātmās, symptoms of mahātmā.
They are always engaged in chanting the holy name. Satatam. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu also recommends: kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ. This is life.
Human life is meant for this purpose. Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ. We require something to eat because we have got this body. So minimizing the bodily enjoyments... Bodily enjoyment means...
Or necessities. When you use bodily necessities in excessive proportion, that is called kāma. Otherwise, to satisfy the bodily necessities, that is not kāma. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha, dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu [Bg. 7.11].
Dharma aviruddha. The religion, religion means regulation. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam [SB 6.3.19]. Everything has got regulation.
Just like in our ordinary life, we get license. Even a man is keeping a wine shop—that is not good thing—but he must take license, regulation. The whole śāstra means regulation. Śāstra. The word śāstra has come from śās-dhātu. Śās-dhātu means ruling, controlling.