True human perfection lies not in material advancement but in surrendering to Krishna as an eternal servant.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 7.3 — October 29, 1975, Nairobi 751029BG-NAIROBI [39:11 Minutes] BG-07.03_751029BG-NAIROBI Harikeśa: Translation: "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth." Prabhupāda: manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ [Bg. 7.3] So to understand Kṛṣṇa is not very easy thing. Kṛṣṇa says that manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu, "Out of many millions of millions' person, one tries to become perfect." Who is going to become perfect, especially in this age? Everyone is working like cats and dogs, that's all. Whole day working for eating, sleeping, sex and defense, that's all.
They are not manuṣyas. Āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca sāmānyam etat paśubhiḥ narāṇām [Hitopadeśa 25]. Eating... I eat; dog eats. So what is the difference between eating between the dog and me?
He is eating according to his taste; I am eating also. The eating business is there in the dog also. Don't think that because you are eating on table, chair, plates, nice preparation... It is eating.
People are taking that "Because I am eating on table, chair and nice dish and nice preparation, therefore I am civilized." The śāstra says that it may be different types of taking the eatables, but it is eating. That is even in dog. It does not make any difference. You are not civilized.
Similarly sleeping. The dog can sleep on the street without caring for anything. We cannot sleep without nice apartment. So eating, sleeping, mating...
Similarly, sex intercourse. Dog has no shame. It can enjoy sex on the street, but we have got some restriction. But the sex is there.
Similarly, defense also, bhaya. Bhaya means to take care of fearfulness. That is there in the dog and in you also. It does not make any difference.