Shloka 65
Nārada’s Instructions: Śrāddha, True Dharma, Contentment, Yoga, and Devotion-Centered Renunciation
आत्मजायासुतादीनामन्येषां सर्वदेहिनाम् । यत्स्वार्थकामयोरैक्यं द्रव्याद्वैतं तदुच्यते ॥ ६५ ॥
ātma-jāyā-sutādīnām anyeṣāṁ sarva-dehinām yat svārtha-kāmayor aikyaṁ dravyādvaitaṁ tad ucyate
Когда высшая цель и интерес самого себя, жены, детей, родственников и всех воплощённых существ едины, это называется дравьядвайта — единство интереса.
The actual interest of all living entities — indeed, the goal of life — is to return home, back to Godhead. This is the interest of one’s own self, one’s wife, one’s children, one’s disciples and one’s friends, relatives, countrymen and all humanity. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement can give directions for management by which everyone can partake in Kṛṣṇa conscious activities and reach the ultimate goal, which is known as svārtha-gatim. This objective of everyone’s interest is Viṣṇu, but because people do not know this ( na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum ), they are making various plans by which to fulfill so many concocted interests in life. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to bring everyone to the highest interest. The process may be differently named, but if the aim is one, people should follow it to achieve the ultimate goal in life. Unfortunately, people are thinking of different interests, and blind leaders are misleading them. Everyone is trying to reach the goal of complete happiness materially; because people do not know what complete happiness is, they are materially diverted toward different interests.
FAQs
In this verse, dravyādvaita is defined as the outlook where self-interest and sense-desire are treated as identical and everything is reduced to a single material sameness, centered on bodily life.
In Canto 7, Chapter 15, Nārada instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and detachment; he analyzes worldly conceptions that bind the soul, including materialistic “oneness” rooted in desire and bodily identification.
Recognize when decisions are driven purely by desire and self-centered gain, and shift the center to service—aligning home, work, and relationships with devotion, duty, and remembrance of the Supreme rather than mere consumption.