0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,047 Story 41 Thief to Vrndavana 1 00:00:00,048 --> 00:00:03,105 PRABHUPĀDA: One must be first of all faithful. 2 00:00:03,106 --> 00:00:07,017 Faithful; Śraddadhānāḥ. 3 00:00:07,018 --> 00:00:11,903 He must be very much eager to see God, actually. 4 00:00:11,904 --> 00:00:17,792 Not that as a proclivity, frivolous thing, “Can you show me God?” 5 00:00:17,793 --> 00:00:23,710 A magic, just like God is a magic. 6 00:00:23,711 --> 00:00:29,832 No; he must be very serious: “Yes, if there is God… 7 00:00:29,833 --> 00:00:34,743 We have seen, we have been informed about God. 8 00:00:34,744 --> 00:00:38,263 So I must see.” 9 00:00:38,264 --> 00:00:40,253 There is a story in this connection. 10 00:00:40,254 --> 00:00:43,497 It is very instructive; try to hear. 11 00:00:43,498 --> 00:00:51,357 One professional reciter was reciting about Bhāgavata, 12 00:00:51,358 --> 00:00:54,872 and he was describing that Kṛṣṇa, 13 00:00:54,873 --> 00:01:00,956 being very highly decorated with all jewels, 14 00:01:00,957 --> 00:01:06,090 He is sent for tending the cows in the forest. 15 00:01:06,091 --> 00:01:11,626 So there was a thief in that meeting. 16 00:01:11,627 --> 00:01:18,984 So he thought that, “Why not then go to Vṛndāvana and plunder this boy? 17 00:01:18,985 --> 00:01:23,047 He is in the forest with so many valuable jewels. 18 00:01:23,048 --> 00:01:29,376 I can go there and catch the child and take the, all the jewels.” 19 00:01:29,377 --> 00:01:32,129 That was his intention. 20 00:01:32,130 --> 00:01:36,253 So, he was serious that “I must find out that boy. 21 00:01:36,254 --> 00:01:39,043 Then in one night I shall become millionaire. 22 00:01:39,044 --> 00:01:41,845 So much jewelries; no.” 23 00:01:41,846 --> 00:01:51,601 So he went there, but his qualification was that “I must see Kṛṣṇa, I must see Kṛṣṇa.” 24 00:01:51,602 --> 00:01:57,000 That anxiety, that eagerness, made it possible that in Vṛndāvana he saw Kṛṣṇa. 25 00:01:57,001 --> 00:02:07,886 He saw Kṛṣṇa the same way as he was informed by the Bhāgavata reader. 26 00:02:07,887 --> 00:02:12,012 Then he saw, “Oh, oh, you are so nice boy, Kṛṣṇa.” 27 00:02:12,013 --> 00:02:13,618 So he began to flatter. 28 00:02:13,619 --> 00:02:18,983 He thought that “Flattering, I shall take all the jewels.” 29 00:02:18,984 --> 00:02:22,341 So when he proposed his real business, 30 00:02:22,342 --> 00:02:25,161 “So may I take some of your this ornaments? 31 00:02:25,162 --> 00:02:26,658 You are so rich.” 32 00:02:26,659 --> 00:02:30,053 “No, no, no; you… 33 00:02:30,054 --> 00:02:34,335 My mother will be angry; I cannot…” 34 00:02:34,336 --> 00:02:39,306 Kṛṣṇa as a child. 35 00:02:39,307 --> 00:02:45,165 So he became more and more eager for Kṛṣṇa. 36 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:46,807 And then… 37 00:02:46,808 --> 00:02:51,265 By Kṛṣṇa’s association, he had already become purified. 38 00:02:51,266 --> 00:02:55,341 Then, at last, Kṛṣṇa said, “All right, you can take.” 39 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:59,437 Then he became a devotee, immediately. 40 00:02:59,438 --> 00:03:01,802 Because by Kṛṣṇa’s association… 41 00:03:01,803 --> 00:03:08,884 So some way or other, we should come in contact with Kṛṣṇa. 42 00:03:08,885 --> 00:03:10,716 Some way or other. 43 00:03:10,717 --> 00:03:20,205 Then we’ll be purified. 44 00:03:20,206 --> 00:03:20,207 Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com