SB 7.9.29 – Lust is the fire that seems like a nectar
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Hare Krishna In this prayer Prahlad Maharaj is describing the nature of material pleasure and the nature of the material world He is telling Kutra Aashish you are asking me whether I want any benediction what benediction I can ask you Prahlad by Kshuti Sukha all the pleasure that is there in this world it is something which we hear about but when we try to experience it it is Vrga Trishri Vrga Trishri is like a mirage so it is visible but never enjoyable like that people talk about the pleasure and we see the pleasure but when it is time to enjoy it we find the enjoyment in the scene and Prahlad Maharaj has seen through this he does not consider the pleasure of this world pleasurable and that is why Kutra Aashish somebody may say that why do you say there is no pleasure maybe you are not enjoying but there are young people, handsome people healthy people, they can enjoy so he says what is this body this body what is it? it is the breeding ground for unlimited varieties of diseases Prahlad Maharaj says doctors tell that there are thousands of diseases in the world and out of that only a small fraction of diseases have known cures some diseases are so rare that not much expenditure is done to try to cure them in fact 90% of the people suffer from diseases probably 10% of the world’s health revenue is spent because these diseases affect people who are not very wealthy so most of the research is funded by funded for the people who are doing who are wealthy and who will pay for the medicines and then so although people know that the pleasure is insignificant although people know that the body is transient still even the wise people they are not able to restrain themselves from the pleasure why? lust is like a fire and if something is like a fire it will burn and it will torment but no, this is a fire which paradoxically tastes like honey like honey it tastes like honey and that’s why even in movies when there are romantic songs people acknowledge that it is fire but they think that the fire is very pleasant in movies they have songs like so what do these songs say? that there is a fire but they think that enjoyment will gratify will pacify the fire Prahlad Maharaj says no he says the fire will blaze more and more it can never be pacified such is the fire and Prahlad Maharaj is praying my dear lord, please save me from this dreadful material existence with all its temptations and all its tribulations I do not want any benediction in this world later on in future verses it will say that the only benediction that I want is constant association of those who are aspiring to go beyond this world