Todays Srimad-Bhagavatam Class 1.2.17 Given by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada--"Krishna Wants His Children"

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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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Where you will be able to hear from the Lotus Lips of Srila Prabhupada,the

rest of the Class ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Your Servant Jaya

Kesava Dasa

 

 

 

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)

 

Please take a moment at look at this site, Krsna Consciousness the

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http://krsnajoe.tripod.com

 

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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