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Story 36 Shah Jahan
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PRABHUPĀDA: The Vedānta-sūtra
was compiled by Vyāsadeva.
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He is incarnation of
Kṛṣṇa, Dvaipāyana Vyāsa.
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So therefore, it is compiled by His
incarnation, so it is compiled by Him.
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Because His incarnation,
He is the same.
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So, vedanta-kṛt means Veda…,
compiler of the Vedānta,
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and the compiler of the compiler
of the Vedānta is vedanta-vit,
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one who knows Vedānta.
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Because I have written some book,
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so I know what is the
purpose of writing my book.
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You cannot know.
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My purpose you cannot know.
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There is a small instructive story in
this—not story, fact—in this connection.
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In Calcutta there was
a great dramatist.
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He was very well known,
government officer.
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He wrote one book, Shah Jahan.
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That is very famous
book for theatrical play.
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So in that Shah Jahan, means the
king emperor Shah Jahan, the…
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Practically, the name which is given on
the book, the hero title, he’s the hero.
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So one of the friends
of Mr. D. L. Raya,
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he inquired from Mr. Raya that
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“In your book Shah Jahan,
the actual hero is Aurangzeb.
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Why you have given
the title Shah Jahan?”
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He could not understand it.
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So I’m just trying to explain,
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that the purpose of the book
must be known to the author.
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Not others.
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So, the author replied,
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“My dear friend, the actual hero
is Shah Jahan, not Aurangzeb.”
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Although the Shah Jahan book is
full of the activities of Aurangzeb,
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the fact is that Shah
Jahan was the emperor.
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He had many, four or five sons, and
his wife died, Mumtaz, at an early age.
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You have seen, those
who have gone to India,
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you have seen the
Taj Mahal building.
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That building was constructed in the
memory of that Mumtaz by Shah Jahan.
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He spent all his money for
constructing that building.
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So it is one of the seven
wonders of the world.
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So that Shah Jahan lost
his wife at an early age.
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He was very fond of his wife.
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And, because, affectionate father, he
did not very much chastise his sons,
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and he spent all his money in
constructing the memory of his wife,
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so when the sons
grew up, the third son,
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Aurangzeb, came
out very crooked.
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And, he made a plan
how to usurp the empire.
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He killed his elder brother
and other brothers.
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He arrested his father, Shah Jahan.
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So this is the book subject
matter, Shah Jahan.
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So whole activities.
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But the author says that “Aurangzeb
is not the hero; hero is Shah Jahan.”
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Then he explained why.
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“No; because Shah Jahan was living,
sitting in the Agra Fort as a prisoner,
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and all the reactions of Aurangzeb’s
activities, killing of his other sons,
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usurping the empire, that was beating
on his heart; therefore he was suffering.
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He is the hero.”
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So, this is an example.
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The author of a book knows very well
what is the purpose of that book.
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That is my statement.
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Similarly, this Vedānta-sūtra
was compiled by Vyāsadeva,
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or Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation,
or Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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So He knows what
is Vedānta-sūtra.
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So if you want to
understand Vedānta-sūtra,
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then you must understand Kṛṣṇa.
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