Verse 2.22.84

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.22.84:

পুত্রাদির মহোত্সবে করে ধন ব্যয কৃষ্ণ-পূজা, কৃষ্ণ-ধর্ম কেহ না জানয ॥ ৮৪ ॥

पुत्रादिर महोत्सवे करे धन व्यय कृष्ण-पूजा, कृष्ण-धर्म केह ना जानय ॥ ८४ ॥

putrādira mahotsave kare dhana vyaya kṛṣṇa-pūjā, kṛṣṇa-dharma keha nā jānaya || 84 ||

putradira mahotsave kare dhana vyaya krsna-puja, krsna-dharma keha na janaya (84)

English translation:

(84) They spent their wealth on festivals for their sons and family members. They did not know anything about the worship of Kṛṣṇa or the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Materialistic people considered the removal of distress for enjoying the fruits of karma as dharma. Fathers thought that whatever wealth they had accumulated should be spent on marriages and other occasions for increasing the happiness of their children. None of them accepted that their accumulated wealth should be spent for the worship Kṛṣṇa or to achieve knowledge of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. What to speak of then, even today many thoughtless people consider that helping people who are suffering the results of their karma is superior to worshiping Kṛṣṇa or achieving knowledge of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.