Prabhupada, New Vrindaban, June 26, 1976: Yesterday our Pradyumna was speaking about the description of the factory. For some money they are going to the factory, hellish life. But money required, never mind hellish life. Going underneath the mine, at any moment the mine may collapse, and we risk life.
Especially, here it is given that taskarah sevako vanik. Taskarah means thieves, they risk their life, enter into the house of another rich man, and he can shoot him immediately. There is dog, so many, but he risks his life for money. Taskarah.
Taskarah means thieves, burglars, they risk their life. And sevaka. Sevaka, as soon as we become servant of some materialistic person, he’ll extract, as much as possible, service in the factory. That is also very risky. We are not happy, sevaka. And vanik. Vanik means merchants.
Sa vai vanik. They also risk their life. In European colonization, how much they risked life. When the Americans came here, how much they risked their life. So because you require money, we have to risk our life in so many ways.
So the best thing is that we have to minimize our wants. We should be satisfied with the yavad artha-prayojana, as little as possible. Not that we shall starve. That is not recommended. But don’t increase.
So here in New Vrindaban we are trying to establish an ideal life— plain living and advanced in Krishna consciousness.
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