Todays Bhagavad--Gita Class----"Everything (Even Dictatorship can Be Utilized for Krishna"

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"Everything (Even Dictatorship)

Can Be Utilized for Krishna"

73/07/10 London, Bhagavad-gita 1.4-5

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Pradyumna (leads chanting, etc):

 

atra sura mahesvasa

bhimarjuna-sama yudhi

yuyudhano viratas ca

drupadas ca maha-rathah

[bg. 1.4]

 

Translation: "Here in this army there are many heroic bowmen equal in

fighting to Bhima and Arjuna; there are also great fighters like Yuyudhana,

Virata and Drupada."

 

Prabhupada: So all these heroes are mentioned not only in this verse, in

several other verses also. So people may ask that "By mentioning these great

fighter, what spiritual progress we make? Because we are meant for chanting Hare

Krsna maha-mantra, so by chanting the names of these great fighters, what do we

gain?" The question may be raised there. But the thing is that nirbandhah

krsna-sambandhe, whenever there is connection with Krsna, that also becomes

Krsna. This is a subtle form of philosophical understanding. Nirbandhah

krsna-sambandhe. If there is relationship with Krsna... Therefore the sahajiyas,

they do not read Bhagavad-gita. They say, "We have nothing to do with

Bhagavad-gita." They jump over to the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Krsna's

rasa-lila, as if Krsna is connected with rasa-lila and not with this lila. They

make distinction. Krsna's this fighting lila, pastimes, and the rasa-lila

pastime, they are all the same because Krsna is the center. Krsna being center,

whatever in connection with Krsna is there, that becomes also Krsna. This is the

idea.

 

anasaktasya visayan

yatharham upayunjatah

nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe

yuktam vairagyam ucyate

 

This is the instruction of Srila Rupa Gosvami in his

Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu.

 

So just like we, in propagating Krsna consciousness, we have to deal with

money or persons who are not Krsna conscious, outsider. We have to deal with

them. But when we go to outsider or when we deal with money, there is

relationship with Krsna, krsna-sambandha. So Rupa Gosvami has distinguished

the...

 

prapancikataya buddhya

hari-sambandhi-vastunah

mumuksubhih parityago

vairagyam phalgu kathyate

 

Prapancika means material. So prapancikataya buddhya

hari-sambandhi-vastunah. Everything has got connection with Krsna because

ultimately everything is Krsna's energy. The material world is also

manifestation of Krsna's energy. Bhumir apo 'nalo vayuh [bg. 7.4]. You'll find.

Material world means these five elements, gross and subtle. Earth, water, air,

fire, sky, these are gross. And mind, intelligence, and ego, these are subtle.

These elements, material elements, Krsna says, bhinna me prakrtir astadha:

"These material elements, they are separated, but they are My energy. They are

My energy." The same example. Just like cloud. Cloud is created by the sun. It

is sun's energy which creates the cloud. You know. By temperature the sea water

is evaporated, forms into gas. That is cloud. So cloud is created by the energy

of the sun, but when there is cloud you cannot see the sun. Sun is covered.

Similarly, material energy is Krsna's energy. But when you become covered by

this material energy, you do not see Krsna. This is the position.

 

So we have to use our intelligence. That is described by Srila Rupa

Gosvami: prapancikataya buddhya hari-sambandhi-vastunah, mumuksubhih parityagah.

Mumuksu, especially the Mayavadis, who are after liberation, to merge into the

existence of the Supreme, mumuksu, moksa, they, Mayavada, they say, "Everything

is maya." Brahma satyam jagan mithya: "This world is false; only Brahman is

reality." But we say that why the jagat, the world should be false if it is

coming from the reality? We do not agree with them. We do not accept that this

world is false. No. We can say, "It is temporary manifestation." But it is not

false. Why it is false? We are living in this house. If somebody, some rascal,

says, "It is false," why false? We are utilizing this house. We are utilizing

this microphone. We are utilizing the dictaphone. Why it is false? There is

sambandha. There is relationship with Krsna. Anything material, made of earth,

water, fire, air, they are Krsna's energies. Therefore there is direct

relationship with Krsna. And if Krsna is reality, why His energy should be

false? No. We must know how to utilize it.So similarly, in this battlefield,

Krsna is there, and all the living entities..

 

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