SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 53] Prahlida, the Saintly Son of Hirlll,.lyakaSipu 289follow a process of religion to advance, and on the basis of religion oneshould try to develop his economic condition so that he can fulfill hisneeds for sense gratification according to the religious rules and regulations.Then liberation from material bondage will be easier to attain.That is the Vedic process. When one is above the stages of dharma,artha, kama and mok$a, one becomes a devotee. He is then on the platformfrom which he is guaranteed not to fall again to material existence(yad gatva na nivartante). As advised in Bhagavad-gita if one transcendsthese four processes and is actually liberated, one engages indevotional service. Then he is guaranteed not to fall to material existenceagam.TEXT 53W 'HI¥tit ro IWI l l .. :i.i(lffil( 11'11yathii tri-vargam gurubhirdtmane upa5ik$itamna sadhu mene tac-chik$dmdvandvaramopavaitdmyathii-as; tri-vargam-the three processes (religion, economicdevelopment and sense gratification); gurubhi-by the teachers;dtmane-unto himself (Prahlada Maharaja); upa5ik$itam-instructed;na-not; sddhu-really good; mene-he considered; tat-sik$am-theeducation in that; dvandva-ardma-by persons taking pleasure induality (in material enmity and friendship); upavaitdm-which isprescribed.TRANSLATIONThe teachers 4a and Amarka instructed Prahlida Mabirija inthe three kinds of material advancement called religion, economicdevelopment and sense gratification. Prahlida, however, beingsituated above such instructions, id not like them, for such instructionsare based on the duality of worldly affairs, which involveone in a materialistic way of life marked by birth, death, oldage and disease.