Our heart is desiring real pleasure, transcendental bliss

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Prabhupada, Vrindavana, April 17, 1975: […] The exact English equivalent is “society, friendship and love.” Everyone is busy—society, family, friends, country, nation, community, in this way, suta-mita-ramani-samaje. And what is the composition? Now, children, suta; mita means friends; and ramani, some woman. If they are beautiful woman, that is also very nice. So they are busy. They are busy. The other day we had been guest in Hyderabad. He is very busy with this suta-mita-ramani-samaje. Everyone is. Everyone is busy with suta-mita-ramani-samaje.

So somebody can say, “Unless there is happiness, why people should be interested?” There is happiness certainly. So that happiness is compared by Vidyapati, the great Vaishnava poet, that it is just like tatala seikate vari-bindu sama. Just like desert. You have seen desert. Desert means it requires huge quantities of water. Nowadays, practically, in every country, especially in India, every land is just like desert for want of water.

So you see in Vrindavana so much land lying vacant, no agriculture. Why? There is want of water. There is no sufficient supply of water. So in this way, if there is scarcity of water, then gradually these places will be converted into desert.

Converted into desert. So the “desert” word is used because it requires huge quantity of water. Similarly, we are, in this material world, we are trying to be happy in the society, friendship and love. Suta-mita-ramani-samaje.

But the happiness we are getting, that is compared with a drop of water in the desert. If in the vast desert, Arabian desert, if we say that “We want water,” and somebody brings a drop of water and take it, it will be very insignificant, has no meaning.

Similarly, we are…our heart is desiring real pleasure, transcendental bliss. So if we are put into this desert, suta-mita-ramani-samaje, where is the benefit? This song is confirmed in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that apasyatam atma-tattvam [SB 2.1.2]. They do not know what is the aim of life. They are satisfied with this drop of water in the desert. It will never mitigate.

Desert is very vast tract of land dry, and if somebody says, “All right, take one drop of water,” then what is the meaning? It has no meaning. Similarly, we are spirit soul. We are hankering after Krsna. That is our inner desire. And what happiness we shall get with this society, friendship or love? This is not possible. That is not possible. There is some happiness, temporary happiness, very small quantity, so-called happiness. It will never satisfy you.

Actually we are trying to get because we are eternal. We are trying to get eternal happiness. Full Lecture