Human life means understanding Krishna, not pursuing endless material sense gratification already available to all creatures.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: Any karatālas? [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-bihārī gopī-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī yaśodā-nandana, braja-jana-rañjana, yāmuna-tīra-vana-cārī [prema-dhvani] Jaya oṁ viṣṇu-pāda paramahaṁsa parivrājakācārya aṣṭottara-śata śrī śrīmad bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatī gosvāmī prabhupāda ki jaya. ananta-koṭi vaiṣṇava-vṛnda ki jaya. nāmācārya śrīla haridāsa ṭhākura kī jaya. premse kaho śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda kī jaya. śrī śrī rādhā-kṛṣṇa gopa-gopīnātha śyāma-kuṇḍa rādhā-kuṇḍa giri-govardhana kī jaya. vṛndāvana-candra kī jaya. Śrī Śrī rādhā-kṛṣṇa kī jaya. samavetā-bhakta-vṛndā kī jaya. New vṛndāvana ki jaya. samavetā- bhaka-vṛndā ki jaya. All glories to the assembled devotees.
All glories to the assembled devotees. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. [05:17] So after two years, I think... Devotees: Jaya! [laughter] Thank you very much. Prabhupāda: ...I have got the opportunity of seeing you and your Rādhā-Vṛndāvana-candra, who is so kind upon you. So real happiness is here.
Rādhā-Vṛndāvana-candra is staying here, and He's pleased with your service. This is the perfection of life. Keep Kṛṣṇa always with you and serve Him sincerely, then all happiness will come, without any endeavor. The foolish people, they do not know.
They are trying to improve their economic condition, position, and wasting their time. It has no value. Of course, modern people will take it as very revolting that there is no need of this endeavor for economic development. Actually you, if you study minutely, what is the benefit by economic development?
Prahlāda Mahārāja said that..., what is that verse? Only waste of time. Prayateta? Na tasya eta prayateta, āyur-vyayaḥ param. This modern civilization...
It is not modern, but in modern civilization it has become very prominent, that to improve the economic condition. Economic condition means we improve the standard of sense gratification. This is called going on economic condition. But we require a little sense gratification.
Dharma artha kāma mokṣa. This is the gradual process of evolution. Real purpose is mokṣa, how to become free from this entanglement of repetition of birth, death, old age and disease. This is the real aim of life.