"So in this way, if there is scarcity of water, then gradually these places will be converted into desert"
Prabhupada, Bombay, January 3, 1975: […] For your livelihood, Krishna says very simple method. Annad bhavanti bhutani. Annad. Anna, you produce anna (grain). Why you are planning big, big industries?
The oil will come from America through the channel, and the Arabia will refuse to supply oil. There will be power problem, so many things, one after another, one after another. But Krishna does not say that do all these things, ghora. No. He says, annad bhavanti bhutani: “You just produce food grain.”
And bhavanti bhutani. Bhutani means all living entities, they will be stout and strong by eating. What you want more? Annad bhavanti bhutani parjanyad anna-sambhavah. And if there is sufficient rain, then automatically, then it will be very easy to grow food grains.
"If there is no parjanya, rain, then your so-called tractor will not help you, or knowledge, agricultural knowledge, will not help you."
Parjanyad anna… If there is no parjanya, rain, then your so-called tractor will not help you, or knowledge, agricultural knowledge, will not help you. You will have to depend on Krishna for rains. Parjanyad anna-sambhavah. And yajnad bhavati parjanyah [Bg. 3.14]. If you perform yajna, then there will be regular rainfalls.
In the Kali-yuga there is no yajna. Therefore there is anavrsti, anavrsti. The Kali-yuga people will forget performing yajna. They will be busy in ghora-rupa activities, horrible and fierceful activities, not yajna.
They will neglect yajna. So then how your these bolts and nuts and rubber tires will help you? Therefore there is scarcity of anna (grain). That will increase more and more. It will so increase that now you are getting anna (grain) by paying high price, but time will come when even if you are prepared to pay price, there will be no more anna (grain).
That time is coming. Naturally, what people will eat? They will eat mamsa and roots and seeds. No milk. No sugar. No wheat. These things will be stopped. As we are becoming entangled in ghora-rupa activities or mudha activities, then the more we shall be entangled with sufferings of material existence. They do not know what is the actually interest. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum [SB 7.5.31].
So therefore this planning, real planning, is this varnasrama-dharma. Varnasrama means a regulative, regulative life. So we have come to this world. There will be no difficulty for our maintenance. Full Lecture
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