The whole Vedic literature is like that—how to get the spirit soul who is now entangled, or encaged, in this material body. That is sad-dharma; that is sanātana-dharma. Sad means sanātana, which exists. Sanātana means eternal. What is sat, that is eternal. What is asat, that is temporary. So these Gosvāmīs, they engaged themself in studying all the different Vedic literatures. Nana-śāstra-vicaraṇaika-nipunau. They are very expert scrutinizingly studying, and it was put in, in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, so many other books also. Why? Sad-dharma-samsthapakau. Sad-dharma. Sad-dharma means spiritual life, not this material . . .
Just like these modern material scientists, they are discovering so many things simply for the comforts of this body, not for any spiritual advancement. Therefore asat. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, sat-saṅga chāḍi' kainu asate vilāsa: "I have given up sat-saṅga, association wherein I can learn about spiritual advancement of life. Asata vilas: I am engaged enjoying this asat, this body." Body means the senses.
- sat-saṅga chāḍi' kainu asate vilāsa
- te-kāraṇe lāgilo ye karma-bandha-phāṅsa
- (Gaurā Pahu)
"I have become entangled in the action and reaction of fruitive activities." That is the lamentable condition of present civilization. People are becoming entangled. He does not know . . . one does not know that so long the mind will be absorbed in this karma—karma means bodily activities—I'll have to accept another body. And there is risk. I do not know whether I shall be able to accept a body, human body. There are 8,400,000 . . . any body I have to accept as it is given by nature. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi. I am associating in different qualities, and prakṛti is recording all; automatically it is being recorded what type of body you'll have next life.