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"Krishna Wants His Children"
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.17
August 20, 1972, Los Angeles

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Pradyumna:

srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah
punya-sravana-kirtanah
hrdy antah stho hy abhadrani
vidhunoti suhrt satam
[SB 1.2.17]

Translation: "Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, who is also the
Paramatma in everyone's heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, does
cleanse the desire for material enjoyment in the heart of the devotee who has
developed the urge to hear His (Krsna's) messages, which are themselves virtuous
when properly heard and chanted."

Prabhupada: So Krsna is very selfish. He says... Here it is said:
sva-kathah krsnah. Anyone who is engaged in hearing Krsna's katha. Katha means
words, messages. So, in the Bhagavad-gita also, Krsna says, mam ekam: "Only unto
Me." Ekam. This is required. Although everything is Krsna, but according to the
pantheist theory we cannot worship everything. Everything is Krsna, that's a
fact, but that does not mean we have to worship everything; we have to worship
Krsna. The Mayavadi philosophers, they say, "If everything is Krsna, so whatever
I worship, I am worshiping Krsna." No. That is wrong.

Just like the same example can be given that in the body, I am this body,
everything "I," or "mine," but when foodstuff is to be taken, it is not to be
pushed through the rectum, but through the mouth. That is the only one. You
cannot say, "The body has got nine holes: two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, one
mouth, one rectum, one genital -- nine holes. So why not push the food in any
hole?" That is Mayavadi theory. "After all," they say, "the foodstuff has to be
given to the body, inside the body. So I can push the foodstuff through any
hole. There are so many holes." Sometimes in medical science, when it is
impossible to push food through the mouth, they push through the rectum. That is
artificial. But emergency, they do sometimes. But that is not the way. The real
way is that food is required to be given to the body, but it must be given
through the mouth, not through any other hole.

Similarly, if we actually want our contact with the Absolute Truth, then
we have to go through Krsna. Krsna has many forms. Advaitam acyutam anadim
ananta-rupam [Bs 5.33]. Ananta-rupam. So... Because nothing is but Krsna,
everything is Krsna's energy, the process is... To contact the Absolute Truth
means Krsna. Therefore Krsna here says... Not Krsna. Vyasadeva says, through
Suta Gosvami, that "Krsna is very kind, very friendly to the suhrt satam."
Satam. Satam means devotees. He is very intimately in friendship with devotees.
Krsna's another qualification is bhakta-vatsala. Here it is also said,
suhrt-satam. Satam means devotees. He is friend of everyone. Suhrdam
sarva-bhutanam. Without Krsna being friend of everyone, nobody can live for a
moment. You are... Krsna is protecting everyone, supplying food to everyone.

nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam
eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman

Eka, that one person, supreme personality... There are... We are all
personalities. All living entities, we are all personalities. We are not a
homogeneous lump. Everyone has got individual, individuality. So every one of is
a individual personality. Everyone. So Krsna is the supreme personality. That is
the difference. He is also an individual. The only difference is that He is
supreme; we are all subordinate. We are dependent on Krsna. If Krsna does not
manage things nicely, then we are doomed. Just like we were walking on the sea
beach. Such a vast ocean. We are confident that "The sea waves cannot come
beyond this line." We are confident. Therefore we are walking. But actually, the
vast ocean, within a second, it can succumbic(?), so many cities. But by whose
order it is keeping the honor, "No, not beyond this. You may be very great,
that's all right, but not beyond this line, demarcated"? This is Krsna's order.

The sun is so big, fourteen hundred thousand times bigger than this earth,
and so powerful, blazing fire. You know, those who are scientific men, they
know, the sun has got his orbit, and little deviation from the orbit can turn
the whole world into snow, and turn the whole world into blazing fire. Where is
our scientist friend? Is it not a fact? (Svarupa Damodara makes reply) Yes. It
is running under certain orbit exactly, because a little deviation from the
orbit will create havoc, catastrophe. Immediately. Either fire or snow. So under
whose order the sun is so strictly following the demarcation? Such a big body.
Our, in our practical experience, if he has got heavy body, he moves like this.
He's not steady. But such a huge body is exactly... According to astronomical
calculation, they calculate, some one ten-thousandth part of a second, in this
way.

So we have to study this, under whose order... They say there is no God,
but how these things, the natural functions, are being performed strictly,
without any deviation? That is replied in the Brahma-samhita:

yac-caksur esa savita sakala-grahanam
raja samasta-sura-murtir asesa-tejah
yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakro
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami





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rest of the Class ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Your Servant Jaya
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The sun is the eye for all planets. We are very much proud of our eyes.
"Can you show me?" What, nonsense, what can you see? Eh? You cannot see anything
without sun. You are so much proud of your eyes? You cannot see. Why do you say,
"Can you show me?" First of all be qualified to see. Then you can see. But the
rascals say, "Can you show me God?" They cannot see even ordinary things if
there is no sunshine, and they want to see God. Just see. How much lunatic,
crazy. You can see God, but you have to qualify the eyes. Then you can see.So I
wanted to enjoy as a tiger, I wanted to enjoy as a cat, as a dog, as a Brahma.
In so many lives, so many planets. But everywhere I have become frustrated. That
is the fact. Now, in this human form of life, is the chance to take to Krsna
consciousness and make your life perfect.

Thank you very much. (end)

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To see how ,Srila Prabhupada,Came From India ,started this worldwide Krsna
Consciousness movement,at the late age of almost 70 years old,and pennyless,on
the order of His Guru,to Spred the Knowledge of Krsna Consciousness, to every
corner of this world,,just like The prediction of Lord Caitanya," that a Great
Devotee,would soon come, and spred the Chanting of The MAHA MANTRA, Hare Krsna,
to every town and village" ,thus Furfilling this Great Prophephcy ! Your
Servant,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, Jaya Kesava Dasa

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