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SB 1-10-03 TEH 1975-03-13 Monarchy & Maha-Mantra-Perfect
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ANNOUNCER: The following is a
class on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
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1st canto, 10th
chapter, text number 3,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 13th of
March, 1975, in Tehran, Iran.
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PRABHUPĀDA:
niśamya bhīṣmoktam athācyutoktaṁ
pravṛtta-vijṣāna-vidhūta-vibhramaḥ
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śaśāsa gām indra ivājitāśrayaḥ
paridhyupāntām anujānuvartitaḥ
[SB 1.10.4]
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That how Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, he
was unwilling to accept the kingdom,
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because he thought that “For me,
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so many men have been killed
in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra.
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So I am so sinful, I am
not fit for the throne.”
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But all the great personalities
like Bhīṣmadeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa,
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and Vyāsadeva, and
all of them requested,
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“No, there is no fault of you, it was fight,
it was right; so you can reign over.”
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There it is said,
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niśamya bhīṣmoktam athācyutoktaṁ
pravṛtta-vijñāna-vidhūta-vibhramaḥ
[SB 1.10.3]
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He understood that “When such great
personalities are giving their opinion,
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that it was no wrong on
my part,” then he agreed.
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śaśāsa gām indra ivājitāśrayaḥ
gām indra iva ajitāśrayaḥ
[SB 1.10.3]
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Indra, the king of heaven,
he ruled over this planet,
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as perfectly as the
heavenly king Indra does.
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How?
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Ajitāśrayaḥ, completely
being devotee.
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So the king can rule over
the country… Why country?
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The world, world over.
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If he takes shelter of Kṛṣṇa, ajitā.
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[indistinct] means Kṛṣṇa
conscious, God conscious,
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such person, as they are advised in
the śāstra, then they can rule over the
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any part of the world or the whole world
exactly like Indra, the king of heaven.
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He is ruling over perfectly.
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paridhyupāntām anujānuvartitaḥ
[SB 1.10.3]
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So in this way
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira…
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“Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira,
after being enlightened by,
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what was spoken by Bhīṣmadeva
and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the infallible,
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engaged himself in matters
of perfect knowledge,
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because all his misgivings
were eradicated.
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Thus he ruled over the earth and seas and
was followed by his younger brothers.”
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So an ideal king like
Yudhiṣṭhira, he can rule over,
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not only over the land, over
the seas, all over the planet.
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This is the ideal.
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“The modern English law of primogeniture,
or the law of inheritance by the firstborn,
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was also prevalent in those days when
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira ruled the earth,
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and the seas.”
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That means whole planet,
including the seas.
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“In those days the
king of Hastināpura,
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now part of New Delhi, was the emperor
of the world, including the seas,
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up to the time of Mahārāja Parīkṣit,
the grandson of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
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His younger brothers were acting as
his minister and commanders of state,
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and there was full cooperation between
the perfectly religious brothers of the King.
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Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the ideal king
or representative of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa…”
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The king should be the
representative of Kṛṣṇa.
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“…to rule over the kingdom of earth
and was comparable to King Indra,
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the representative ruler
of the heavenly planet.
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The demigods like Indra,
Candra, Sūrya, Varuṇa, Vāyu, etc,
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are representative kings of
different planets of the universe.
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And similarly Mahārāja
Yudhiṣṭhira was also one of them,
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ruling over the
kingdom of the earth.
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Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira
was not a typically
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unenlightened political
leader of modern democracy.
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Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was instructed by
Bhīṣmadeva and the infallible Lord also,
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and therefore he had full knowledge
of everything in perfection.
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The modern elected executive head
of the state is just like a puppet,
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because he has no kingly power.
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Even if he is enlightened
like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira,
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he cannot do anything
out of his own good will,
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due to his constitutional position.
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Therefore, there are so many
states over the earth quarreling,
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because of ideological differences
or other selfish motives.
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But a king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira
had no ideology of his own.
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He had but to follow the
instruction of the infallible Lord,
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and the Lord’s representative, and
the authorized agent, Bhīṣmadeva.
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It is instructed in the śāstras that one
should follow the great authority,
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and the infallible Lord without any personal
motive and manufactured ideology.
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Therefore, it was possible for Mahārāja
Yudhiṣṭhira to rule the whole world,
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including the seas,
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because the principles were infallible
and universally applicable to everyone.
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The conception of one world
state can only be fulfilled,
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if we can follow the
infallible authority.
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An imperfect human being cannot create
an ideology acceptable to everyone.
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Only the perfect and the
infallible can create a program,
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which is applicable at every place and
can be followed by all in the world.
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It is the person who rules, and
not the impersonal government.
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If the person is perfect,
the government is perfect.
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If the person is a fool, the
government is a fool’s paradise.
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That is the law of nature.
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There are so many stories of
imperfect kings or executive heads.
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Therefore, the executive head must be a
trained person like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira,
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and he must have the full autocratic
power to rule over the world.
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The conception of a world
state can take shape only,
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under the regime of a perfect
king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
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The world was happy in those
days because there were kings
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like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira
to rule over the world.”
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Let this king follow
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira,
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and show an example of how
monarchy can make a perfect state.
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There is instruction in the śāstras,
and if he follows, he can do that.
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He has got the power.
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Then because he was so perfect king,
then, a representative of Kṛṣṇa, therefore,
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kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ
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Parjanyaḥ means rainfall.
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So rainfall is the basic principle of
supply of all necessities of life, rainfall.
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Therefore Kṛṣṇa says
in the Bhagavad-gītā,
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annād bhavanti bhūtāni
parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ
[Bg. 3.14]
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If you want to make people happy, both
man and animal… There are animals also.
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They are… These
rascal state executive,
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sometimes they make a show of benefit
for the men but no benefit for the animal.
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Why?
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Why this injustice?
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They are also born in this land,
they are also living entity.
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They may be animals,
they have no intelligence.
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They have intelligence, not as good
as of man, but does it mean that
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regular slaughterhouse should
be constructed for killing them?
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Is that justice?
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Not only that, anyone, if he comes to the
state, the king should give him shelter.
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Why distinction?
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Anyone takes shelter,
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“Sir, I want to live in your state,”
so he must be given all facilities.
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Why this, “No, no, you cannot come, you
are American, you are Indian, you are this?”
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No.
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There are so many thing.
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If actually they follow the
principle, the Vedic principles,
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the ideal king will be a good
leader, and nature will help.
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Therefore it is said that during
the reign of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira,
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kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ
sarva-kāma-dughā mahī
[SB 1.10.4]
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Mahī, the earth.
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You get all your
necessities from the earth.
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It does not fall from the sky.
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Yes, it falls from the
sky in the form of rain.
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But they do not know the science,
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that how things are coming from
earth by the different arrangement.
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Under certain conditions the
rain falls, astral influence.
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Then so many things are produced,
the valuable stones, the pearls.
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They do not know how
these things are coming.
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So therefore, if the king is pious, to
help him the nature also cooperates.
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And the king, if the government is
impious, then nature will not cooperate.
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That we have also information
in the Fourth Canto, I think.
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King Pṛthu Mahārāja, yes. [splice]
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He was going to punish the earth.
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And he said, “This is my duty.
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All the demons there are.
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I must restrict supply.”
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So these people, they do not…
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they think that simply by resolution in the
Parliament, they will make all, everything.
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And they may become all rascals.
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This will not make the world happy, they
will simply deteriorate more and more.
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They do not know, here it is said,
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kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ
[SB 1.10.4]
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Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa also said, annād
bhavanti bhūtāni. [Bg. 3.14]
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Kṛṣṇa never says, “The factory will make
the people healthy and strong,” never says.
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And these rascals
are after factories.
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Then how the people
will be happy?
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Ugra-karma.
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Everyone will be unhappy,
dissatisfied, rogue, bachelor growth.
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Where Kṛṣṇa has said that “Open
factories for economic development?”
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Nowhere you will find, neither
in the śāstra… Here it is said,
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that all economic development will be
complete simply by regular rainfall.
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kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ
[SB 1.10.4]
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Kāmam means all
necessities of life.
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They do not know.
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The modern people, scientists,
philosophers, politicians,
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they do not know this.
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Kāmam.
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Kāmam means necessities of
life, we have got so many things.
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But how it will be supplied?
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It is clearly said, kāmaṁ
vavarṣa parjanyaḥ [SB 1.10.4]
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And how parjanyaḥ
will be regular?
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yajñād bhavati parjanyaḥ
[Bg. 3.14]
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Where is that program?
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Where is yajña?
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In the Kali-yuga other yajñas
are very difficult to perform.
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There is no money, there
is no qualified brāhmaṇa.
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Therefore this yajña…
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yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ
[SB 11.5.32]
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Those who have got brain
substance, not cow dung,
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they will take this process, yajñaiḥ.
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Let everyone chant Hare
Kṛṣṇa, home to home.
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Whatever they have got, all right.
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Just begin chanting.
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Just see what happens.
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We are trying to
introduce this chanting.
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But the rascals will not take it.
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What can be done?
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There is no loss if they chant
Hare Kṛṣṇa, worldwide.
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Where is the loss?
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But still, they will not.
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And everything can be had.
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sarva-kāma-dughā mahī
[SB 1.10.4]
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Mahī.
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Kṛṣṇa, how He has
arranged this mahī?
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Everything is coming, actually you will
find that the rose flower is coming,
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the mine is coming, the gold is coming,
the coal is coming, the petrol is coming.
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Everything is there in the mahī.
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And who has arranged it?
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Just see.
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sarva-kāma-dughā mahī
[SB 1.10.4]
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And if there is regular waterfall,
then you get everything supply.
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And by performing yajña, you
get regular waterfall, rainfall.
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And in this age all other
types of yajña is not possible.
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harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
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kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva…
[Cc. Ādi 17.21]
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So introduce this.
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Eh, what is their loss?
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If everyone, home to home or
work to work, factory to factory…
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Let them, factory… Let there be
factory, but chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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Let all the factory members be engaged in
chanting and the… supply them prasādam.
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Just see, there will
be no more strike.
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There will be no more
Communistic movement.
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Everything is there,
provided they take it.
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So this is not a sentimental
fanaticism, religious movement.
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This is scientific movement for
the good of the whole world.
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That we have to convince by
our character, by our behavior.
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Then people will accept it.
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They think it is another type of
religious… So religious means fanaticism.
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It is not that.
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Just like they fought, the
Mohammedans and the Christians.
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There was fighting?
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- What is that?
- The Holy Wars?
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- Huh?
- PARIVRĀJAKĀCĀRYA: Crusades.
- Crusades. Crusades.
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These Britishers created this religious
fight between Hindus and Muslims.
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Before that, there was no in
the history, religious fight,
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in the history of the whole India.
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The Mahābhārata, Kurukṣetra
fight was… That was political fight.
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That was not a religious
fight on the basis of that,
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“You are Hindu, I am Muslim,
therefore we must fight.”
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There was no such fight.
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In the material platform
your interest, my interest,
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sometimes clash,
there may be fight.
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But why fight on religious,
mean God consciousness?
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If everyone is God conscious,
where is the question of fight?
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