0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,001 Story 36 Shah Jahan 1 00:00:00,002 --> 00:00:04,835 PRABHUPĀDA: The Vedānta-sūtra was compiled by Vyāsadeva. 2 00:00:04,836 --> 00:00:10,508 He is incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Dvaipāyana Vyāsa. 3 00:00:10,509 --> 00:00:19,933 So therefore, it is compiled by His incarnation, so it is compiled by Him. 4 00:00:19,934 --> 00:00:22,997 Because His incarnation, He is the same. 5 00:00:22,998 --> 00:00:28,764 So, vedanta-kṛt means Veda…, compiler of the Vedānta, 6 00:00:28,765 --> 00:00:33,474 and the compiler of the compiler of the Vedānta is vedanta-vit, 7 00:00:33,475 --> 00:00:37,038 one who knows Vedānta. 8 00:00:37,039 --> 00:00:40,569 Because I have written some book, 9 00:00:40,570 --> 00:00:45,314 so I know what is the purpose of writing my book. 10 00:00:45,315 --> 00:00:48,275 You cannot know. 11 00:00:48,276 --> 00:00:52,785 My purpose you cannot know. 12 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:59,375 There is a small instructive story in this—not story, fact—in this connection. 13 00:00:59,376 --> 00:01:04,669 In Calcutta there was a great dramatist. 14 00:01:04,670 --> 00:01:08,956 He was very well known, government officer. 15 00:01:08,957 --> 00:01:12,616 He wrote one book, Shah Jahan. 16 00:01:12,617 --> 00:01:16,626 That is very famous book for theatrical play. 17 00:01:16,627 --> 00:01:24,080 So in that Shah Jahan, means the king emperor Shah Jahan, the… 18 00:01:24,081 --> 00:01:32,492 Practically, the name which is given on the book, the hero title, he’s the hero. 19 00:01:32,493 --> 00:01:35,983 So one of the friends of Mr. D. L. Raya, 20 00:01:35,984 --> 00:01:39,130 he inquired from Mr. Raya that 21 00:01:39,131 --> 00:01:46,553 “In your book Shah Jahan, the actual hero is Aurangzeb. 22 00:01:46,554 --> 00:01:49,923 Why you have given the title Shah Jahan?” 23 00:01:49,924 --> 00:01:52,930 He could not understand it. 24 00:01:52,931 --> 00:01:54,904 So I’m just trying to explain, 25 00:01:54,905 --> 00:01:59,346 that the purpose of the book must be known to the author. 26 00:01:59,347 --> 00:02:02,973 Not others. 27 00:02:02,974 --> 00:02:05,831 So, the author replied, 28 00:02:05,832 --> 00:02:11,042 “My dear friend, the actual hero is Shah Jahan, not Aurangzeb.” 29 00:02:11,043 --> 00:02:16,654 Although the Shah Jahan book is full of the activities of Aurangzeb, 30 00:02:16,655 --> 00:02:21,049 the fact is that Shah Jahan was the emperor. 31 00:02:21,050 --> 00:02:31,401 He had many, four or five sons, and his wife died, Mumtaz, at an early age. 32 00:02:31,402 --> 00:02:33,931 You have seen, those who have gone to India, 33 00:02:33,932 --> 00:02:36,795 you have seen the Taj Mahal building. 34 00:02:36,796 --> 00:02:44,055 That building was constructed in the memory of that Mumtaz by Shah Jahan. 35 00:02:44,056 --> 00:02:48,043 He spent all his money for constructing that building. 36 00:02:48,044 --> 00:02:50,946 So it is one of the seven wonders of the world. 37 00:02:50,947 --> 00:02:55,030 So that Shah Jahan lost his wife at an early age. 38 00:02:55,031 --> 00:02:57,914 He was very fond of his wife. 39 00:02:57,915 --> 00:03:07,943 And, because, affectionate father, he did not very much chastise his sons, 40 00:03:07,944 --> 00:03:12,833 and he spent all his money in constructing the memory of his wife, 41 00:03:12,834 --> 00:03:17,242 so when the sons grew up, the third son, 42 00:03:17,243 --> 00:03:20,822 Aurangzeb, came out very crooked. 43 00:03:20,823 --> 00:03:25,151 And, he made a plan how to usurp the empire. 44 00:03:25,152 --> 00:03:27,834 He killed his elder brother and other brothers. 45 00:03:27,835 --> 00:03:30,261 He arrested his father, Shah Jahan. 46 00:03:30,262 --> 00:03:33,025 So this is the book subject matter, Shah Jahan. 47 00:03:33,026 --> 00:03:35,383 So whole activities. 48 00:03:35,384 --> 00:03:43,684 But the author says that “Aurangzeb is not the hero; hero is Shah Jahan.” 49 00:03:43,685 --> 00:03:45,476 Then he explained why. 50 00:03:45,477 --> 00:03:52,784 “No; because Shah Jahan was living, sitting in the Agra Fort as a prisoner, 51 00:03:52,785 --> 00:03:58,120 and all the reactions of Aurangzeb’s activities, killing of his other sons, 52 00:03:58,121 --> 00:04:04,562 usurping the empire, that was beating on his heart; therefore he was suffering. 53 00:04:04,563 --> 00:04:07,771 He is the hero.” 54 00:04:07,772 --> 00:04:10,290 So, this is an example. 55 00:04:10,291 --> 00:04:18,071 The author of a book knows very well what is the purpose of that book. 56 00:04:18,072 --> 00:04:20,185 That is my statement. 57 00:04:20,186 --> 00:04:26,560 Similarly, this Vedānta-sūtra was compiled by Vyāsadeva, 58 00:04:26,561 --> 00:04:30,708 or Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation, or Kṛṣṇa Himself. 59 00:04:30,709 --> 00:04:34,963 So He knows what is Vedānta-sūtra. 60 00:04:34,964 --> 00:04:38,666 So if you want to understand Vedānta-sūtra, 61 00:04:38,667 --> 00:04:48,577 then you must understand Kṛṣṇa. 62 00:04:48,578 --> 00:04:48,579 Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com