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Prabhupada, Vrindavana, April 24, 1975: […] Nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye They are working very hard for getting some money for bread. It is said in the sastra that in the Kali-yuga people will have to work so hard, like an ass, to get their morsel of food.
We have seen in Calcutta, somebody with sacred thread, he was pulling thela (heavily loaded handcart) and perspiring. And somebody known to him, he said: “Panditji, palale!”, means, “I offer my respect to you!” And the thela-wala says: “Jitalau!” This is the position.
A brahmana is pulling thela. He is working like an ass. Pulling thela is not the business of human being, but although he thinks himself to be a brahmana, he is engaged in pulling thela. This is Kali’s position, manda. Mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagyah [SB 1.1.10], unfortunate, unfortunate.
Therefore Rsabhadeva has forbidden, that, “This life, human form of life, is not meant for working so hard like hogs and dogs.” Nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye [Bhag. 5.5.1] This is the advice. But we are advancing in civilization—to get our food, we have to work so hard.
This is condemnation of life. Human life should be very peaceful, and without any hard work we shall get our food and save time for advancing in Krishna consciousness. That is human life, not that for senses gratification we work so hard like an ass.
This is called anartha. Anartha means unwanted things. We can see practically. The birds and beasts, they are living very easy and comfortable life without any problem. They rise early in the morning regularly. You have seen. As soon as there is little light, immediately they will rise up and they will talk amongst themselves and go, one tree to another, and he will eat one or two fruits, little fruits, ample fruit.
They have no scarcity of food. And live very pleasantly. For eating, sleeping, sex life, they have no problem. These are primary necessities of life. Why there should be problem for these things? But in the human society there is problem. That is called the effect of Kali-yuga. Effect of Kali-yuga means the so-called advancement of material civilization means to become godless, immoral, and they must suffer. That is going on. Full Lecture
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