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So the fighting was between Hindu and Muslim, but when they died the body is piled up and it was taken for burning or to throw away

Srila Prabhupada was not well again today and had an ashen pallor when he came out of his room. He took only a very short walk, and for class simply had Pradyumna read the verse and purport and then speak on it. The verse was a good descriptive of the typical materialist. "O my friends, sons of demons! In this material world, even those who are apparently advanced in education have the propensity to consider, 'This is mine, and that is for others.' Thus they are always engaged in providing the necessities of life to their families in a limited conception of family life, just like uneducated cats and dogs. They are unable to take to spiritual knowledge; instead, they are bewildered and overcome by ignorance." 
 
After hearing Pradyumna give his explanation, Srila Prabhupada added just a few comments. He said he had personal experience of how foolish, people become when they claim ownership of their surroundings. "We have seen practically in India. During the partition days, when the Britishers left India, they gave a parting kick by dividing Pakistan and India. So I have seen in my own eyes there was fighting between the Hindus and Muslims for at least one week in Calcutta and heaps of dead bodies there were. So the fighting was between Hindu and Muslim, but when they died the body is piled up and it was taken for burning or to throw away. So the land remained there and these people fighting between themselves, that 'this is mine, this is mine,' they finished their life. The land remained where it was. So this is called illusion. Aham mameti, 'it is mine, it is yours.'"

He spoke for only five minutes and returned to the house. When Srila Prabhupada is unable to discourse on Krishna conscious philosophy, it is a serious matter indeed.


Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 3 by Hari Sauri Dasa





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