Krishna Impersonators Killed

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"Krishna Impersonators Killed"

Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.23

Mayapur, March 1, 1976

 

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Dayananda: "My dear Lord, people in general want to be elevated to the

higher planetary system for long duration of life, opulence, enjoyment. I have

seen all of them through the activities of my father. When my father was very

angry and laughing sarcastically upon the demigods, immediately they fell down

simply by seeing the movement of his eyebrows. Such my father is now finished

within a moment."

 

Prabhupada:

 

drsta maya divi vibho 'khila-dhisnya-panam

ayuh sriyo vibhava icchati yan jano 'yam

ye 'smat pituh kupita-hasa-vijrmbhita-bhru-

visphurjitena lulitah sa tu te nirastah

[sB 7.9.23]

 

So this is experience, drsta... Everyone has experience what is the

situation of this material world. Every day we have seen big, big leaders,

ministers. Just like in the history of the world there were so many big, big men

-- Hitler, Napoleon, this Churchill, Gandhi, Nehru. But all their powers,

position, in one minute it becomes vanquished. There is no question... They are

so proud, they do not believe in God, but when the death comes, they cannot

argue anything. The death orders, "Immediately vacate" -- finished. You have to

vacate. At that time their power, opulence, position -- nothing can help. So

Krsna says, therefore... The atheist class of men who do not believe in God,

decry the authority of God, for them... Of course, everyone dies, but for them,

mrtyuh sarva-haras caham: [bg. 10.34] Krsna comes as death and takes away

everything in their possession. But foolish persons, they do not see still. God

says, Krsna says, that "This death I am." Still they'll not. And it is a fact.

When Krsna comes as death, as Hiranyakasipu, he was atheist, did not believe in

God, but when God, Nrsimhadeva came, then he was vanquished, everything, within

a second. Nirastah. Sa tu te nirastah.

 

So we have to see like that, the omnipotency, the power of Krsna, how it

is working. But the difficulty is that we are so foolish, pasyann api na

pasyati. Although we are having daily experience, still, we do not see. This is

is position.

 

dehapatya-kalatradisu

(atma-sainyesv) asatsv api

pramatta tasya nidhanam

pasyann api na pasyati

[sB 2.1.4]

 

We are making our plan that "I shall be happy in this way. I have got this

body, so let me make this body very strong, go in the beach and run on the beach

to make the body very strong." There are so many other methods to keep the body

very strong. Deha, apatya. Maintain the children very nicely. Dehapatya-kalatra,

wife. Decorate the wife very nicely. "In this way I shall be happy. Let me keep

my body fit, let my children grow very nicely, wife be decorated with ornaments,

with sari, and I will see and will be happy." No. You cannot remain. Even if you

arrange like that, you cannot remain. Krsna says, "One day I shall come as

death, and not only I shall take you out of the scene, but I shall take away all

your possessions." Mrtyuh sarva-haras caham [bg. 10.34].

 

So Prahlada Maharaja, although a child only, but because he is devotee, he

experienced. He's experienced that "My father was so strong that even the

denizens of heavenly planets, Indra, Candra, Varuna and others, they are all

afraid of Hiranyakasipu. If by austerity, penance, he got so much power that

even the chiefs of the higher planetary system, they were afraid of..."

Vijrmbhita-bhru. "Hiranyakasipu will stare his eyes and move his eyebrow. The

other demigods, they'll be afraid, such powerful." Ye asmat pituh. Ye, the

chiefs of the higher planetary system, they have got very long duration of life.

In the higher planetary system, everyone has got hundred years maximum period of

life, but as I was explaining, everything is relative. The ant's hundred years

of life is not equal to my hundred years of life. It is relative. Similarly, the

demigods' hundred years of life is not equal to our hundred years of life.

Everything relative -- speed. Just like when the sputniks... In the beginning

the sput, sputniks were in the outer space. Generally, to go around the world,

it takes twenty-five hours. But because the speed was greater, so the sputnik

surrounded the whole world in one hour, twenty-five minutes.

 

So in the higher planetary system, the time, everything is relative. This

is relative world. So these demigods, their one day equal to our six months. Our

six months equal to their one day. Such one day, then thirty days, one month;

then twelve months, one year. Such ten thousand years, their duration of life.

Such ten thousand years. So just imagine what is their duration of... Ayuh. And

so far strength is concerned, that, the Indra is in charge of thunderbolt, so

when Indra throws the the thunderbolts to scatter the cloud, we have experience

how terrible sound it is. So they have got so long duration of life, strength,

administrative power and so many things. Still, they were afraid of

Hiranyakasipu, still... In spite of possessing so much big, big possessions.

Akhila-dhisnya-panam ayuh sriyo vibhava. And everyone, icchati, everyone

desires. "If I could live so many years like Brahma" -- everyone is aspiring.

Therefore they want to be promoted to the higher planetary system for which they

perform yajna to be promoted. In this life they struggle, the karmis. They

struggle to become prime minister and Birla and this and that. And again, for

the next life, they make provision. Therefore they want to give some charity,

yajna-dana-ta... Yajna, performing yajna. Yajna-dana-ta... Tapasya.

Hiranyakasipu also underwent severe type of austerity, and he got benediction

from Brahma that "You'll not be killed by any man, any demigod, any animal.

You'll not be killed in the sky or the water or the land," so many ways. But

Brahma did not give him the benediction of becoming immortal. He first of all

wanted, "Make me immortal." So "That is not possible because I am... Myself is

not immortal. How can I give you?" So he took indirectly how to become immortal.

And by austerity he got all these powers so that even the demigods were afraid

of him.

 

But Prahlada Maharaja said that "Such a big powerful demon as my father,

he is also finished in one minute. One minute. And therefore..." Ye asmat pituh.

The demigods were afraid of, very much afraid. Therefore when he was killed

everyone became very pleased. There(fore) Prahlada Maharaja said that "Nobody is

unhappy on account of death of my father." He said, modeta sadhur api

vrscika-sarpa-hatya: [sB 7.9.14] "My father was exactly like scorpion and snake,

so killing of such animal, living entity, is pleasing to everyone, even sadhu.

Even bhaktas, they also become pleased." They do not want anyone is killed or

anyone is done something harmful. Bhakta never desires. But they also take

pleasure when the vrscika, the scorpion, and the snake is killed. You have got

experience. There was a snake in my bathroom. So you all sadhus became very

alert to kill it, (laughter) although you are sadhu. So that is natural. When

there is snake, there is no question of sadhu or asadhu. Kill him. Sadhur api,

very nice. Modeta sadhur api vrscika-sarpa-hatya.

 

So Prahlada Maharaja is Vaisnava. He could understand that "Everything in

this material world, even the possession of my father, will be finished. There

is no doubt. So what is the use of possessing such thing which will be

finished?" Antavanta ime deha nityasyoktah saririnah [bg. 2.18]. This is

intelligent person decision, that "Everything in this material world, this body,

or anything in relativity with this body will be finished." Krsna says and the

devotees know it. Therefore they do not want anything of this material

possession. And Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us to develop that mentality. "Don't

want anything, material possession. It is... However it may be long duration,

but it will be finished. But you are eternal. Nityasyoktah saririnah. You are

the owner of this body. You are eternal." So we should be searching after

eternal happiness, eternal life, eternal engagement. That is success of life.

And if we hanker after temporary things, that is not very good intelligence.

Therefore bhakti means when one is convinced that "Anything of this material

world cannot make me happy." That is... That conviction is the beginning of pure

devotion. Anyabhilasita-sunyam [brs. 1.1.11]. You have to make zero everything

material. That can be possible as we advance in Krsna consciousness.

 

Then bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra syat [sB 11.2.42]. You haven't

got to... The jnanis, yogis, they try to detach from this material things by

speculation, by knowledge. Brahma satyam jagan mithya. By speculating, jagan

mithya, "This world is false. Brahman, atma, spirit soul is satya, the truth,"

they do. But it is not possible. Simply by speculating, it is not possible. You

have to engage yourself in bhakti.

 

brahma-bhutah prasannatma

na socati na kanksati

samah sarvesu bhutesu

mad-bhaktim labhate param

[bg. 18.54]

 

These are the processes to reach the platform of bhakti, devotion. But if

you do not stick to the devotional platform, you'll fall down. However you may

try to become detached from material things, unless you are fully engaged in

bhakti, then by bhakti you'll be able to realize God realization. Bhaktya mam

abhijanati [bg. 18.55]. Simply by bhakti one can understand. And as soon as one

understands Krsna, then viraktir anyatra syat. Then you'll be detached. Yad

avadhi mama cetah krsna-padaravinde nava-nava-dhama... When our pleasure

exchange will be done between Krsna and ourself, then we shall be detached.

Otherwise not. Otherwise it is not possible. Daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya

duratyaya [bg. 7.14].

 

So Prahlada Maharaja is realizing that anything, material possession, it

has no value. It may have some value, temporary, but there is risk also. For

some temporary enjoyment, there is so many risk. The enjoyment... The highest

enjoyment in the material world is sex. So for some temporary happiness we may

enjoy sex, but there are many, what is called, after results. That is not very

happy. Yan-maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [sB 7.9.45]. After result is

very bad. Either illicit sex or legal sex, the after result is not good. There

are so many aftereffects. Even if you live... Of course, that is the Vedic

training, that dharmaviruddha-kamah, sex life not against Vedic injunction.

Vedic injunction is that "Do not waste your semina unnecessarily. Only you have

sex life for begetting nice children, good population," that much order. So even

it is done according to the Vedic principle, still, there are so many sufferings

-- you have to take care of the children; you have to educate them; you have to

see that they are well raised. So many. So that is also botheration. But if you

can remain brahmacari, oh, you avoid this botheration.

 

Devotees: Jaya! Jaya Prabhupada!

 

Prabhupada: So trpyanti neha krpana bahu-duhkha-bhajah [sB 7.9.45]. Either

illicit sex or legal sex, there are many, many sufferings. But those who are

krpana, miser... Miser means one who cannot use the benefit he has got, this

human form of life. They know there are so many aftereffects. Na trpyanti. They

are not satisfied. Trpyanti neha krpana bahu-duhkha-bhajah kandutivan manasijam

visaheta-dhirah.

 

So the whole Krsna consciousness movement is how to become dhira,

selflessness. Then life is successful. And anyway, don't be involved, entangled,

with these material things. There are... This morning we were calculating that

there are... As many atoms, so many living entities are also there. Sankhya,

sankhyatanam, the word. Sankhya. Sankhya means number. As many numbers of atoms

are there, so many number of living entities are there, and there is struggle

here. So in this human life the chance is how to get out of this material atomic

combination and go back to home, back to Godhead. This is the chance. So we have

to follow the examples of Prahlada Maharaja, and there are... He's mahajana.

Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah [Cc. Madhya 17.186]. Let us try to follow

Prahlada Maharaja's instruction and make our life successful.

 

Thank you very much. (end)

 

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