The Bhagavata has given designation to these people who are materially interested: pramatta. Tesam pramatya pasyann api..., nidhanam pasyann api na pasyati. I see that my father has died, my father's father has died, his father has died, and I am going to die; and similarly my son will die, my grandson will die, and therefore no more will come back again. Once this body is vanished, there is no chance of coming back; it is vanished forever, simply just like a bubble in the ocean. Still we are interested with these bodily activities. Therefore, they have been described as pramatta. Pramatta. Pra means "specifically"; matta means "mad." "Specifically mad." So pasyann api: we have seen that everything is going to be vanquished. In the past we have seen so many empires, so many Napoleans, so many Subash Bose, Gandhi, came and gone. And what is the use of becoming a Subash Bose, Gandhi or Napolean or Hitler or great politician? Nothing. Let us this life be engaged in spiritual realization, so that we can make a complete solution of the problems of life.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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