Todays Bhagavad Gita Class 2.7 --"You Must Approach Krishna" Given By His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada--73/08/07 London

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"You Must Approach Krishna"

73/08/07 London, Bhagavad-gita 2.7

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Pradyumna (leads chanting, etc.):

 

karpanya-dosopahata-svabhavah

prcchami tvam dharma-sammudha-cetah

yac chreyah syan niscitam bruhi tan me

sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam

[bg. 2.7]

 

"Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of

weakness. In this condition, I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for

me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct

me."

 

Prabhupada: This is very important verse in Bhagavad-gita. It is a turning

point of life. Karpanya-dosa. Miserly, dosa means fault When one does not act

according to his position, that is fault. And that is called miserly. So

everyone has got his natural propensities, svabhava. Yasya hi svabhavasya

tasyaso duratikramah. Svabhava, natural propensities. It is a common example, it

is given, that yasya hi yah svabhavasya tasyaso duratikramah. One, habit is the

second nature. One who has, who is habituated or one whose nature,

characteristic in some way, it is very difficult to change. The example is

given: sva yadi kriyate raja sah kim na so uparhanam. If you make a dog a king,

does it mean that he'll not lick up shoes? Yes, dog's nature is to lick up

shoes. So even if you dress him like a king and let him sit down on a throne,

still, as soon as he'll see one shoe, he'll jump over and lick it. This is

called svabhava. Karpanya-dosa.

 

So in the animal life, it is not possible to change one's nature, which is

given by the material energy, prakrti. Prakrteh kriyamanani. Karanam guna-sango

'sya, karanam guna-sangah asya sad-asad-janma-yonisu [bg. 13.22]. Why? All

living entities are part and parcel of God. Therefore originally the

characteristic of the living entity is as good as God. Simply it is a question

of quantity. Quality is the same. Quality is the same. Mamaivamso jiva-bhutah

[bg. 15.7]. The same example. If you take a drop of sea water, the quality, the

chemical composition is the same. But the quantity is different. It is a drop,

and the sea is vast ocean. Similarly, we are exactly of the same quality as

Krsna. We can study. Why people say God is impersonal? If I am of the same

quality, so God is also person, how He can be imperson? If, qualitatively, we

are one, then as I feel individually, so why God should be refused

individuality? This is another nonsense. The impersonalist rascals, they cannot

understand what is the nature of God. In the Bible also it is said: "Man is made

after God." You can study God's quality by studying your quality, or anyone's

quality. Simply the difference is quantity's different. I have got some quality,

some productive capacity. We also produce, every individual soul is producing

something. But his production cannot be compared with production of God. That is

the difference. We are producing one flying machine. We are taking very much

pride that: "Now we have discovered the sputnik. It is going to the moon

planet." But that is not perfect. It is coming back. But God has produced so

many flying planets, millions and trillions of planets, very, very heavy

planets. Just like this planet is carrying so many big, big mountains, sea, but

still it is flying. It is floating in the air just like a cotton swab. This is

God's power. Gam avisya. In the Bhagavad-gita, you'll find: aham dharayamy

ojasa. Who is sustaining all these big, big planets? We are explaining gravity.

And in the sastra we find that it is being carried by Sankarsana.

 

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Thank you very much. (end)

 

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