1. Industrial enterprises are for demons

    In Europe and America we see, they are very much fond of ugrakarma, just like big, big factories, big, big bridges, wonderful. Long, long ago when the Britishers came here, they constructed big, big bridges, railway line. People thought, "It is wonderful." There is a song composed in Bihar. So when the Calcutta, the floating bridge made of wood, wooden bridge, floating bridge was constructed, connected Calcutta proper and Howrah, so there was big, wonderful song: ki apana banaylay sahat campani. There is song, ki apana banaylay sahat campani upara me ami cale, and…, just like that, niche me pani[?].

    So this ugra-karma, formerly this ugrakarma was entrusted to the demons. Those who were in the sattva-guna, they do not like this ugrakarma. Sattva-guna, rajo-guna, tamo-guna. Rajas-tamo-bhavah [SB 1.2.19]. The… Those who are under the control of rajoguna and tamoguna, they are engaged in ugrakarma. Ugrakarma, industrial enterprise: big, big roads, big, big skyscraper. This is called ugrakarma. So ugrakarma is very pleasing to the ugrajatis, just like Hiranyakasipu. What was the trouble between the father and the son? The father was for ugrakarma, and the son, Prahlada, was for sattvika life.

    From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.8 — February 15, 1976, Mayapur