| "Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ durāśāya ye bahir-artha . . . (SB 7.5.31). And durāśāya, bad hopes, or hopes against hope, they're trying to be happy, bahir-artha, by the external energy, material, most fallen ideas. All foolish theories, without any knowledge. Material, that's all. Bahir artha, external energy. Otherwise there is no cause of anxiety or distress. There is enough land. They can produce enough food and live peacefully. They are talking of peace, but they do not know how peace can be achieved. They are hankering after peace, but they do not know how to achieve peace. And that formula is given in the Bhagavad-gītā: Accept God as the proprietor; then there will be peace. "
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