Use the human body machine intelligently to reach God, not to merely study its mechanics.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.30 — July 14, 1975, Philadelphia 750714SB-PHILADELPHIA [26:10 Minutes] SB-06.01.30_750714SB-PHILADELPHIA Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Sixth Canto, First Chapter, verse number 30.
[leads chanting of verse, etc.] niśamya mriyamāṇasya mukhato hari-kīrtanam bhartur nāma mahārāja pārṣadāḥ sahasāpatan [SB 6.1.30] [break] [01:34] "My dear King, the order carriers of Viṣṇu, upon hearing the chanting of the holy name of their master, Nārāyaṇa, being offenselessly chanted by Ajāmila, who was in great anxiety at the time of his death, immediately arrived on the scene." Prabhupāda: niśamya mriyamāṇasya mukhato hari-kīrtanam bhartur nāma mahārāja pārṣadāḥ sahasāpatan [SB 6.1.30] So he was calling his son, Nārāyaṇa. So the pārṣadāḥ, viṣṇu-pārṣadāḥ—pārṣadāḥ means associates or attendants—they immediately came. Just like in your city, the police is wandering in the car, and if somebody calls for police, immediately he is present; similarly, the attendants of Lord Viṣṇu, they are also wandering throughout the universe and searching out somebody who is engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord. So if you chant holy name of the Lord, they are very much pleased and they immediately come.
That happened to Ajāmila. He did not mean Nārāyaṇa—may be or may not be—but he was calling his son. But the attendants of Hari, or the order carriers, they took notice of the chanting only. That's all.
They did not care to know by "Nārāyaṇa," Ajāmila, what he was meaning. No. Because they heard bhartur nāma, their master's name, they immediately appeared. This is clear. So anyone who is chanting the holy name of the Lord, he is taken care of immediately by the attendants of the Supreme Lord, especially at the time of death, because that is the last moment.
The account is taken at the last moment. If you practice Hare Kṛṣṇa, naturally at the last moment you will be inclined to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram [Bg. 8.6]. It is so nice.
If we practice in this life chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, then gradually my core of heart will be cleansed and everything will be manifest: my position, my duty, what is God. Everything will be manifest. It is so nice. Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12]. Because we are filled up with so many rubbish, dirty things, we cannot understand the science of God. But if you be practiced to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, then your heart will be cleansed and you will see things as they are. Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam.
And as soon as we are able to see things as they are, then our material bondage is over. Because first of all I will see... People are making research work about the bodily cells, how they are working, and so many things, simply on the body. But as soon as you become cleansed of your heart, then immediately you understand, "I am not this body, so what is the use of studying the cells and atoms and this and that? I am not this body." Immediately.