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- śrotavyādīni rājendra</dd>
- nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ</dd>
- apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ</dd>
- gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām</dd></dl>
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"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śrotavya&tab=syno_o&ds=1">śrotavya</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādīni&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ādīni</a></i> — subject matters for hearing; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=rājendra&tab=syno_o&ds=1">rājendra</a></i> — O Emperor; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nṛṇām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">nṛṇām</a></i> — of human society; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=santi&tab=syno_o&ds=1">santi</a></i> — there are; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sahasraśaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">sahasraśaḥ</a></i> — hundreds and thousands; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=apaśyatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">apaśyatām</a></i> — of the blind; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātma&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ātma</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tattvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1">tattvam</a></i> — knowledge of self, the ultimate truth; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gṛheṣu&tab=syno_o&ds=1">gṛheṣu</a></i> — at home; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gṛha&tab=syno_o&ds=1">gṛha</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=medhinām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">medhinām</a></i> — of persons too materially engrossed.
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Those persons who are materially engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth, have many subject matters for hearing in human society, O Emperor.
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In the revealed scriptures there are two nomenclatures for the householder’s life. One is gṛhastha,</i> and the other is gṛhamedhī.</i> The gṛhasthas</i> are those who live together with wife and children but live transcendentally for realizing the ultimate truth. The gṛhamedhīs,</i> however, are those who live only for the benefit of the family members, extended or centralized, and thus are envious of others. The word medhī</i> indicates jealousy of others. The gṛhamedhīs,</i> being interested in family affairs only, are certainly envious of others. Therefore, one gṛhamedhī</i> is not on good terms with another gṛhamedhī,</i> and in the extended form, one community, society or nation is not on good terms with another counterpart of selfish interest. In the Age of Kali, all the householders are jealous of one another because they are blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth. They have many subject matters for hearing — political, scientific, social, economic and so on — but due to a poor fund of knowledge, they set aside the question of the ultimate miseries of life, namely miseries of birth, death, old age and disease. Factually, the human life is meant for making an ultimate solution to birth, death, old age and disease, but the gṛhamedhīs,</i> being illusioned by the material nature, forget everything about self-realization. The ultimate solution to the problems of life is to go back home, back to Godhead, and thus, as stated in the Bhagavad-gīta</i>(BG 8.16), the miseries of material existence — birth, death, old age and disease — are removed.
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The process of going back home, back to Godhead, is to hear about the Supreme Lord and His name, form, attributes, pastimes, paraphernalia and variegatedness. Foolish people do not know this. They want to hear something about the name, form, etc., of everything temporary, and they do not know how to utilize this propensity of hearing for the ultimate good. Misguided as they are, they also create some false literatures about the name, form, attributes, etc., of the ultimate truth. One should not, therefore, become a gṛhamedhī</i> simply to exist for envying others; one should become a real householder in terms of the scriptural injunctions.
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- śrotavyādīni rājendra</dd>
- nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ</dd>
- apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ</dd>
- gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām</dd></dl> </div>
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"synonyms">"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śrotavya&tab=syno_o&ds=1">śrotavya</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādīni&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ādīni</a></i> — subject matters for hearing; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=rājendra&tab=syno_o&ds=1">rājendra</a></i> — O Emperor; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nṛṇām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">nṛṇām</a></i> — of human society; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=santi&tab=syno_o&ds=1">santi</a></i> — there are; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sahasraśaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">sahasraśaḥ</a></i> — hundreds and thousands; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=apaśyatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">apaśyatām</a></i> — of the blind; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātma&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ātma</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tattvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1">tattvam</a></i> — knowledge of self, the ultimate truth; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gṛheṣu&tab=syno_o&ds=1">gṛheṣu</a></i> — at home; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gṛha&tab=syno_o&ds=1">gṛha</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=medhinām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">medhinām</a></i> — of persons too materially engrossed. </p> </div>
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"translation">Those persons who are materially engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth, have many subject matters for hearing in human society, O Emperor. </p> </div>
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"purport">In the revealed scriptures there are two nomenclatures for the householder’s life. One is gṛhastha,</i> and the other is gṛhamedhī.</i> The gṛhasthas</i> are those who live together with wife and children but live transcendentally for realizing the ultimate truth. The gṛhamedhīs,</i> however, are those who live only for the benefit of the family members, extended or centralized, and thus are envious of others. The word medhī</i> indicates jealousy of others. The gṛhamedhīs,</i> being interested in family affairs only, are certainly envious of others. Therefore, one gṛhamedhī</i> is not on good terms with another gṛhamedhī,</i> and in the extended form, one community, society or nation is not on good terms with another counterpart of selfish interest. In the Age of Kali, all the householders are jealous of one another because they are blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth. They have many subject matters for hearing — political, scientific, social, economic and so on — but due to a poor fund of knowledge, they set aside the question of the ultimate miseries of life, namely miseries of birth, death, old age and disease. Factually, the human life is meant for making an ultimate solution to birth, death, old age and disease, but the gṛhamedhīs,</i> being illusioned by the material nature, forget everything about self-realization. The ultimate solution to the problems of life is to go back home, back to Godhead, and thus, as stated in the Bhagavad-gīta</i>(BG 8.16), the miseries of material existence — birth, death, old age and disease — are removed. </p>
The process of going back home, back to Godhead, is to hear about the Supreme Lord and His name, form, attributes, pastimes, paraphernalia and variegatedness. Foolish people do not know this. They want to hear something about the name, form, etc., of everything temporary, and they do not know how to utilize this propensity of hearing for the ultimate good. Misguided as they are, they also create some false literatures about the name, form, attributes, etc., of the ultimate truth. One should not, therefore, become a gṛhamedhī</i> simply to exist for envying others; one should become a real householder in terms of the scriptural injunctions. </p> </div>
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