SB 7.9.24 The education and conviction that brings about redirection

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27.9.24 so in the previous verse Prahlad Malay said that how all the extraordinary unparalleled power that Hiranyakashyapu had got was lost in one moment when he confronted Lord Narasimhadev and he said therefore tasmadamus therefore my dear Lord all those opulences tanuvrtam aham aashishyogya that normally the living beings who have got material bodies tanuvrtam aashishyogya this is what they desire and what do they desire? they desire long life span, wealth influence and they desire it to the highest level possible that is in the material world that is the level of Brahmaji but he says I do not desire any of these because they are all subject to be finished villulithaan how urukramena kaalatmanopanema so by the factor of time which is extremely powerful kaalatman vijivritya parishun so I only desire your association or rather your association of your faithful servants your devotees so actually in the association of devotees our krishna bhakti is nourished and when our krishna bhakti is nourished we gain something that is going to last for us for eternity, something that is not in the power of time to take away so therefore in this verse what Prahlad Narayan is saying is that ordinary conditions so desire material things which will be taken away in one moment by time but your association can grant us, grant me something that will never be taken away even by time and your association is talking about your association manifested through your devotees so therefore what I hanker for is devotion and association of devotees which will give me that devotion so actually speaking spiritual advancement is essentially redefinition of our values normally our material education or material culture it doctrinates us into placing a high premium on material things and if somebody gets a opportunity to spend even a few moments with a celebrity with a film star a movie star, a pop star a cricket star people want to click a photo because in the popular culture these people are valued as superstars but actually every generation throughout history there have been celebrities like this the sports may have been different, the countries may have been different the names may have been different but ultimately material life means, all material news is the same thing happening to different people so nothing special and all those different people ultimately are leveled by time and their names just become history for some time and then they are deleted even from history as people’s knowledge of the past also gets lost so we need to re-educate ourselves to recognize that these are not all that valuable if the association of someone can give me something which is far greater, something which is going to be eternal then how much more special that association is and actually when we are praying to Krishna when we are chanting we are associating not just with Krishna we are associating with the spiritual master who has given us the holy name through it he has given us the opportunity to serve him and Krishna so when we learn to value Krishna more than we value the world then we will be able to give our mind and heart to Krishna when we are chanting so although the attraction of the heart is a matter of devotion recognizing the need for that attraction is a matter of education and conviction and that’s why studying the philosophy determinately helps us to bring about this re-education of our values and thereby bring about the re-direction of our heart thank you