Bhagavad-gita 9.2 Prabhupada: Raja-vidya raja-guhyam pavitram idam uttamam… Why not this fan? Devotee: (indistinct) Prabhupada: Pratyaksavagamam dharmyam su-sukham kartum avyayam. This verse we have been discussing last… [break] …similarly, bhakti-yoga—direct connection with Krsna—it is not open for everyone, neither everyone can take it. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, yesam anta-gatam papam: one who is completely free from all sinful activities, papam. Anyone who is engaged in sinful activities, he cannot understand Krsna, or God. That is not possible. And these are the four principles of sinful activities: illicit sex-life, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. These are the four pillars of sinful activities. Why at the present moment people have become so godless? Even big, big swamis and yogis, all godless. Why? Because they are engaged in sinful activities. Krsna, God, cannot be understood by sinful men. That is not possible. But Krsna is so kind, if one takes shelter of Krsna, immediately he becomes free from all sinful activities. Sins are there. A person in sinful activities cannot understand Krsna. But if anyone voluntarily surrenders himself to Krsna, he immediately become free from all reaction of sinful activity. Now it is up to me to make my choice. Krsna says…, Krsna comes, therefore, because we are sinful, and at the same time we are part and parcel of Krsna. Therefore Krsna is more anxious for us than we are anxious for Krsna. This is the position. Krsna…, just like father. A spoiled child… The father is more anxious for the spoiled child, and the spoiled child does not care for the father. This is the position. We are all spoiled children, anyone who is in this material world. We are all spoiled children. We are all children of Krsna. Many places in the Bhagavad-gita it is stated. Aham bija-pradah pita: “I am the seed-giving father of all living entities, in any form,’’ sarva-yonisu. There are 8,400,000 forms. In water, on land, on the sky, so many different forms of living entities. Mrti-ja(?). Deva-tiryan-naradisu. Deva means in the upper worlds there are demigods. In the middle we human beings, and lower than this, the animals. So we are in different forms of life. Soul is one—that is part and parcel of Krsna—but according to karma, according to desire for material enjoyment, we have taken different dresses, and we are wandering all over the universe, according to our karma. Sometimes we are becoming demigods, sometimes we are becoming dogs—according to karma. Therefore Caitanya-caritamrta-kar, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, says, ei rupe bhramanda bhramite kono bhagyavan jiva guru-krsna krpaya paya bhakti-lata-bija [Cc. Madhya 19.151] We are wandering all over the universe. When you are doing some pious activities, you are elevated to the higher planetary system, urdhvam gacchanti sattva-stha [Bg. 14.18] When we are not very much pious, but not impious also—ordinary, following moral principles—then madhye tisthanti rajasah. And jaghanya-guna-vrtti-stha adho gacchanti tamasah. So in this way, up and down, we are wandering by transmigration of the soul. This is our position. The nonsense civilization, they do not know that what is our main business. They do not know. Ajnanata. Parabhavas tavad abodha-jato. Abodha jata, these, all these living entities born in this material world in different forms of life, abodha jata, all rascals. All rascals. We can prove they’re all rascal. Nobody is intelligent. As soon as he’ll become intelligent, krsna ye bhaje seva(?). As soon as he becomes intelligent, he must be Krsna conscious. If he’s not Krsna conscious, then we must accept him as rascal number one. (indistinct) He may be a very big man in the society, but we take him as rascal number one. That is our challenge. Anyone, he may be a ordinary man, he may be so-called swami or maybe so-called yogi or so-called leader, but our test is whether he’s Krsna conscious. One test. If he’s not, then he’s a rascal. That is our challenge. How we are challenging? Because we have got the test. Just like in the chemical laboratory, this test paper. Perhaps most of us will know, that urine test paper. If there is sugar, immediately the color of the paper will be different. If there is no sugar, it will remain neutral. Similarly, there is test paper. What is that test? That test is, Krsna says, the supreme authority says, that na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah [Bg. 7.15]. Prapadyante naradhamah. Mayayapahrta-jnanah asurim bhavam asritah. So anyone who is not surrendering to Krsna, he must be duskrtinah. Duskrtinah means he has got brain, but his brain is being utilized for sinful activities. So duskrtinah, mudhah, and rascal who does not know anything—what is God, what I am, what is this world—he’s a rascal. He’s animal. Mudhah means ass. As ass does not know what is God, what I am, what is this world, what is our relationship, what is this universe, nothing, no knowledge—mudhah—and naradhamah, naradhamah means human being is especially meant for understanding this philosophical aspect of life, but one does not care. He is simply acting where to eat, where to sleep and where to get woman, and that’s all. That’s his business. This is mudhah. This is the business of hogs and dogs. So therefore, mudhah, duskrtinah, naradhamah, these description was there. So our test is there. If one is not Krsna conscious, then he must be within these division: naradhamah, mudhah, duskrtinah, mayayapahrta-jnana. And one who has surrendered to Krsna, then what he is? Aahh, sa mahatma sudurlabhah. Sa mahatma su-durlabhah. bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyante vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah [Bg. 7.19] That is the test. As soon as he has become Krsna conscious, he has fully surrendered to Krsna. Immediately he becomes the greatest mahatma. Sa mahatma sudurlabhah. A mahatma like me, because, simply by changing dress… That is another thing. Because sometimes this dress gives us good opportunity for easy livelihood. That is another thing. But those who take this dress for begging and for fulfilling the hungry belly, that is…, that mahatma is different thing. He is not mahatma; he is duratma. My Guru Maharaja used to say that if one is inclined to collect money by showing Deity, it is better to become a sweeper in the street. It is better to become a sweeper in the street, because he’s earning his livelihood honestly. And this man who is keeping a temple and doing all nonsense, simply by showing Deity, collecting some money, this class of men, they’re most sinful. You cannot do so. You cannot take other’s money. You’ll be debtor. Therefore gradually, because this class of men are developed at the present moment, they have become… In Vrndavana there are so many temples, they have become, made a business by showing temple, collecting money. This is not good. There must be… Temple means people should come, people should learn the science of God. That is temple. Not that to make a business of temple. Therefore everything is, not only in India, all over the world, the churches also, they’re dwindled. Now, Europe and America, so many churches are for sale. We have purchased so many churches because people have no more interest. There is no education. Temple means spiritual educational shelter. People should come, they should learn what is spiritual life, what is God, what is my relationship with. That is temple. Otherwise, if you simply came… Therefore two processes should be followed: pancaratriki viddhi and bhagavata-viddhi. We follow both. Bhagavata-viddhi is the philosophical side of religion, and pancaratriki viddhi is the worshiping side of temple—how to worship Deity, how to dress, how to decorate, how to offer respect. Mad-yaji. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji. Temple worship is mad-yaji, worshiping the Deity. So this is the test, this is the test. So anyone who has fully surrendered to Krsna, he’s the greatest mahatma. Sa mahatma su-durlabhah. It is very, very difficult to find out a Krsna devotee. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has described that out of many, many human being, common man, one is karmi. Karmi, karmi means honestly working according to the direction of the Veda. Karmi does not mean that a monkey also jumping, that is also karma. No. Karmi means one who is acting according to the direction. Dharma karma. In Bengali this is a common word: dharma karma. Karma means dharma. And what is dharma? Dharma means varnasrama-dharma, four castes and four orders of spiritual life: brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, sannyasa. This is the dharma. This is the division of dharma. And according to the dharma, one who is acting, that is called dharma karma. That is dharma-karma. Not that doing anything becomes karma. Karma means just doing. The Vedas are so arranged that we have come here to enjoy material things. So therefore there is prescribed duties. The prescribed duty is that you act, you enjoy life. For example, just like in the Vedas there, everything is there. The propensity of sense enjoyment is sex life, eating meat and drinking. This is the propensity. Material life, these are the propensities. Loke vyavayamisa-madya-seva nitya hi jantor na hi tatra codana. Everyone has got natural, natural instinct for sex life, for meat-eating and for drinking. This is natural instinct. But they are restrained. They are co-ordinated by the Vedic injunctions: “Yes, you’ll have sex life, but you get yourself married.’’ So there are so many paraphernalia for marry. The subject matter is sex life, everyone knows. Therefore in Western countries they say “legalized prostitution.’’ But actually it is not prostitution. It is regulating their sex life. So Vedas describe, “Yes. Sex life you have, but marriage.’’ And then drinking: “Yes. Drinking you may have by worshiping Candi, offering him liquor,’’ that is all. Not that you go to the liquor shop and drink. No. Restricted. Similarly, eating meat also: “Yes. You can eat meat. Just worship Goddess Kali and have a goat sacrifice.’’ So many rules and regulation. Everything is regulated. But they have avoided this. These Vedic injunctions they have avoided. Now they have open slaughterhouse, liquor house, prostitution. That is sinful. It is actually sinful, either you do this way or that way. But if you act according to the Vedic injunction, the sinful activities are restrained. The sinful activities are restrained, so that gradually you come to the spiritual platform. This is the Vedic principle. So anyway, one has to become freed from the sinful activities. Then one can understand. But the easiest method of becoming free from sinful activity is to accept this Krsna consciousness movement. Easiest way. Voluntarily give up. It is not very difficult. If the Europeans, Americans can give up, who are trained up in these activities from their birth, if they can give up, what about Indians? So it is not difficult. Everyone can give up illicit sex life, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. That’s all. This is the restriction of sinful activity. And chant Hare Krsna mantra. If these European, American boys can chant Hare Krsna mantra day and night while walking in the street, while going in the car, while in the temple, everywhere, where going to sell books, what is the difficulty for the Indians? There is no difficulty. But they will not do it. That is the difference. They’ll not agree to do it. If we simply accept these principles, these four restraining principles—no illicit sex, no gambling, no meat- eating and no intoxication—and chant Hare Krsna mantra, your life is success. This is Krsna consciousness movement. Anyone can accept it, but they’ll not do it. Therefore Krsna says, na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante [Bg. 7.15] Because they are rascals and too much attached to sinful activities, they’ll not do it. This is the position. Na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah. And they, they have become naradhamah. Because this human form of life is meant for accepting these principle, they’re not accepting, therefore they are the lowest of the mankind. So in India especially—not only India; everywhere—we have been especially encouraged to go on with these sinful activities. They do not like. In the American countries we see, while passing on the street, two sides of the road they’re hoarding, advertising these things, either wine or cigarette or gambling or this or that, or some sinful activity. So our first propaganda is to not only give one Krsna consciousness, but also to stop this sinful activity. Just like when you are treated by physician, he gives you some medicine and also ask you some restriction: “Do not do this,’’ “Do not eat this, eat this.’’ So if you are actually interested to get out of this entanglement of transmigration from one body to another, ei rupe brahmanda brahmite kono bhagyavan jiva, Lord Caitanya says. We are wandering throughout the whole universe. That we do not know. We think that after finishing this body, everything is finished. But that is not the fact. Otherwise, why there are so many varieties of life? The varieties of life are because there are varieties of sinful activities. Because there are varieties of sinful activity, therefore we have got varieties of karma. Otherwise, if there would have been one class of activity, why there are different varieties of body? This is common sense. Who is giving us these different…? My body is different from your body, your body, so now we are sitting here, say fifty or hundred men—everyone’s body is different from another body, you’ll find. Then you go to other species of life, that is also different from other and other. So why this difference? Because we are differently situated according to our karma. Karmana daiva-netrena jantur deha upapattaye [SB 3.31.1]. Karmana daiva-netrena. We do, we act according to our whims, but that whims is judged by daiva-netrena, by a higher, superior authority, just like Yamaraja. Then we get another body. This is the process. Yam yam vapi smaran lokam tyajaty ante kalevaram. Bhagavad-gita also says. We should be very, very careful. We should be very much cautious to utilize this human body perfectly. That is Krsna consciousness movement. We are simply teaching people how to utilize this human form of body properly, so that you can be saved from future danger. Saved from… But they are so fool, naradhamah, duskrtinah, mayayapahrta-jnana. They are thinking that “This Krsna consciousness movement is a religious sentimental movement. They’re dancing and chanting.’’ No. It is the most scientific movement. Any scientist may come and talk with us, we shall convince. It is the most scientific movement, how to save the human society. Therefore it is called raja-vidya, the king of all knowledge. And raja-guhyam. We do not know how we are passing through the hands by the manipulation of nature. prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah ahankara-vimudhatma kartaham iti manyate [Bg. 3.27] Ahankara-vimudhatma, by false, puffed-up position, “I am this.’’ This is false, puffed-up position. This is not a permanent position. But we are falsely proud of our position, that “There is no authority. There is no God. Whatever I am doing, it is all right. Nobody can check me.’’ This is madman’s, crazy. pisaci paile yena mati-cchanna haya maya-grasta jivera se dasa upajaya And when a person is ghostly haunted, as he talks all kinds of nonsense, similarly, one who has come under the grip of this material nature, maya-grasta ye, he’s talking all nonsense, all nonsense. All these politicking, all politics, sociology, everything, without reference to the salvation of soul, or self-realization, without knowing our spiritual position, they’re all nonsense talks. pisaci paile yena mati-cchanna haya maya-grasta jivera se dasa upajaya Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that ei rupe brahmanda bhramite kono bhagyavan jiva. Bhagyavan jiva means those who are coming into our contact, they’re bhagyavan, they’re getting the opportunity of Krsna consciousness, guru krsna krpaya paya bhakti-lata-bija [Cc. Madhya 19.151] In this temple there is guru and there is Krsna, and we call people to take the mercy of guru and Krsna. This is Krsna consciousness movement. If one is fortunate enough, he’ll take this opportunity and make his life successful. This is Krsna consciousness movement, raja-vidya. All these centers are being opened to give opportunity the people to take advantage of the mercy of guru and Krsna. This is Caitanya Mahaprabhu cult, guru-krsna krpa. Without guru you cannot have mercy of Krsna. You cannot jump over Krsna like monkey. That is not possible. Krsna will not accept. If you think that “Without guru I shall jump over Krsna, and He’ll be merciful upon me,’’ that monkey’s business will not be accepted. Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore says that gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor dasa-dasa-dasa-dasanudasah. You have to become the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant of servant. Then Krsna will be pleased. If you jump over Krsna, “Krsna, I have come to You…’’ Krsna is not so easy. Therefore guru-krsna krpaya paya. If you are sincere, if you’re sincere, that Krsna will be merciful, first of all. Then Krsna will guide you. If you’re sincere, Krsna will direct you that “Approach such and such guru,’’ and if guru is pleased, then you’ll get Krsna, that guru-krsna krpaya, both, parallel line. ei rupe bhramanda bhramite kono bhagyavan jiva guru-krsna krpaya paya bhakti-lata-bija [Cc. Madhya 19.151] Guru-krsna—both wanted. yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah [SU 6.23] This is Vedic injunction. If you want to be elevated to the, your real constitutional position, then you have to take these principles, guru-krsna. yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah [SU 6.23] Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says, yasya…, yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado **. Guru. yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasya aprasadan na gatih kuto ’pi dhyayan stuvams tasya (yasas tri-sandhyam) vande guroh sri-caranaravindam ** So this is raja-vidya raja-guhyam. This is the secret, guru-krsna krpaya. We should take advantage of this raja-vidya, devotional service, and take the mercy of guru and Krsna and make our life successful. And it is very easy. It is very easy. Pratyaksavagamam dharmyam su-sukham kartum avyayam. Su-sukham, very easy and, I mean, very pleasing also, to execute devotional service. Very pleasing. Simply we are doing… What are we doing? We are dressing, sravanam kirtanam visnoh [SB 7.5.23], simply chanting about Visnu, Lord Krsna. We are hearing about Krsna, we are decorating Krsna, we are feeding Krsna, offering nice foodstuff, and the benefit is coming to us. When you see Krsna so nicely dressed, how it become…, how pleased we become. Krsna has got many dress, but if you dress and see Krsna, you become pleased. You become pleased. Krsna does not require your dress or coat. If you offer nicest food to Krsna, it comes to you. Anyone can do. What we are doing in this temple, everyone can do at home. Where is the difficulty? No. They’ll be engaged in sinful activities, these intoxication, meat-eating, gambling and this thing, that thing. They’ll not accept. That is the difficulty. Otherwise, anyone who accepts this Krsna consciousness movement, his life is successful. Very simple. Su-sukham kartum. To execute this Krsna consciousness movement is very pleasing. And pratyaksavagamam, and you’ll understand directly how we are advancing. So where is the difficulty? The difficulty is dog obstinacy. They’ll not do it. “Oh. Why shall I do it?’’ This is the difficulty. Dog’s obstinacy. Otherwise, no difficulty. Raja-vidya raja-guhyam pavitram paramam. Pavitram, very pious activities, pavitram. Anything done on account of Krsna, that is pious. There is no contamination. Api cet suduracarah. Even in the public eye it may appear sometime that it is not pious, still it is pious. Man-nimitte krtam papam, if one does. But we should not do that. But even, just like Krsna, Krsna-Arjuna. Arjuna was considering that killing the other party, his kinsmen, “This is papa. Why shall I do this papa?’’ But he did it. But how he did it? For Krsna. So that papa become punya. Is it not? From the Bhagavad-gita you can understand. He was hesitating to fight with his kinsmen, with his brother, nephews, grandfather. He was concerning papa. He said that “I do not want this kingdom which is smeared with the blood of sinful activities.’’ He said like that. Actually, killing is sinful, but when he did it for Krsna’s sake, Krsna said that “You must fight,’’ and when Arjuna agreed, “Yes, karisye vacanam tava.’’ After hearing Krsna perfectly, he said, karisye vacanam tava [Bg. 18.73], “My illusion is over.’’ What is that illusion? Illusion means, whatever you do for Krsna, that is not papa. Yat karosi, yat juhosi. But you must do according to the order of Krsna, or according to the order of Krsna’s representative. You cannot manufacture your work. That you cannot do. Arjuna did not manufacture. Arjuna acted by the order of Krsna. Similarly, if we do by the order of Krsna and His representative, there is no question of sinful activities. There is no question of sinful… So this is raja-guhyam. We cannot understand sometimes raja-guhyam; therefore it is very confidential. raja-vidya raja-guhyam pavitram idam uttamam pratyaksavagamam dharmyam su-sukham kartum avyayam Dharma. This is real dharma. To execute the order of Krsna, that is real dharma. We cannot manufacture dharma, I have several times explained. Dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam [SB 6.3.19] Dharma means the order of Krsna. That is dharma. Otherwise there is no dharma. All adharma. Otherwise how Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya [Bg. 18.66], “Give up all nonsense dharma. Simply surrender unto Me”? This is dharma. Therefore it is said, pratyaksavagamam dharmyam. You are acting some religious activities, you do not know whether it is pious or impious. But when you act under the order of Krsna and His representative, it is pratyaksavagamam, directly to understand, that is dharma. This is dharma: pratyaksavagamam and su-sukham kartum avyayam. The spiritual master says, that God says, Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, hare nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha [Adi 17.21] This is direct order. We execute this direct order; therefore we know that “I am carrying out the direct order of Krsna, of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.’’ Then, pratyaksavagamam: directly you can understand, “Yes. We are right.’’ There is no difficulty. So then Krsna says, asraddadhanah purusa dharmasyasya parantapa aprapya mam nivartante mrtyu-samsara-vartmani [Bg. 9.3] This is very important. Mrtyu-samsara. What is this samsara? Samsara means that you take your birth once and live for some time, then you die, then you accept another body, then again live for some time, then you die, then you accept another body, and that body you do not know what kind of body you are going to accept. Tatha dehantara-praptih. Krsna says, dehantara-praptih: another…, transfer to another body. But what kind of body, that is not mentioned there. That will depend on your work. You may get the body of a demigod, you may get the body of a dog, you may get the body of a tree, you may get the body of a snake—according to your karma. So here it is said, asraddadhanah purusa [Bg. 9.3] Those who are not interested in this raja-vidya, devotional service, asraddhadhanah: no faith. Asraddhadhanah purusa dharmasya… This is dharma, real dharma. Devotional service is real dharma, because dharma means dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam [SB 6.3.19]. Bhagavan says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. Bhagavan says, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. This is dharma. This is dharma. Otherwise you can manufacture so many other dharmas—that is not dharma; that is your concocted dharma. But real dharma this is: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam [Bg. 18.66], man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji… This is most confidential dharma. So anyone who is not interested in this dharma, but he manufactures his own dharma, then what happens to him? Asraddadhanah purusa dharmasyasya parantapa aprapya mam: [Bg. 9.3] “He does not get Me.’’ Does not get. This is the mission of human life—to go back to home, back to Godhead. That is the, tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti kaunteya [Bg. 4.9] The real mission of life: how to go back to Krsna, how to go back to Vaikuntha-loka, the spiritual world. That is real mission. But that we do not know; therefore is most confidential. People do not know it that there is another world, the spiritual world, there is Vaikuntha-loka. This, this material world is one-fourth creation. Atha va bahunaitena kim jnatena tavarjuna ekamsena vistabhya aham krsnena. This material world is maintained as one-fourth of the creation. The three-fourths of the creation is the spiritual world. Paras tasmat tu bhava anyah [Bg. 8.20]. There is another nature. So we do not know that. There is no education. We are simply interested with this one planet. There are so many material planet, but above that there is another, spiritual world, and there are innumerable spiritual planets also. They are called Vaikuntha-loka, and the topmost Vaikuntha-loka is Goloka Vrndavana, Krsnaloka. So we have no information. So if we execute this devotional service, raja-vidya, then we can go back to home, be transferred to the spiritual world. They do not know. Asraddadhanah. Then, aprapya mam: they do not know how to go back to home, back to Godhead. Aprapya. Then what happens? Aprapya mam nivartante mrtyu-samsara-vartmani. He remains here in this material world and goes on transforming, transmigrating from one body to another, one body to another. And we should know, we should be very responsible that what kind of body we are getting next. If you don’t care… Big, big professors, big, big learned scholars, they say that after finishing the body… Our men in Delhi, New Delhi, they are making some life members amongst the parliamentary M.P.s. So one M.P. said that “We don’t believe in this. The last perfection is to become zero, to become zero.’’ Because they cannot think, those who are materialist, they cannot think that there is another, spiritual world. They, they cannot think. Therefore this zero theory, sunyavada, was propounded by Lord Buddha. Lord Buddha propounded sunyavada, because the people are so rascal, they could not understand. There was no necessity. There was no necessity. He simply said nirvana: “Stop this nonsense material life.’’ But after material life, what is there, that He did not reveal, because these fools and rascal will not understand. Therefore He did not say. Sunyavada: make it sunya. Just like foolish person suffering from some disease, he wants to kill himself, sometimes commit suicide, because he does not know that after suicide, the policy, there is no stoppage; he will have to become a ghost because you have disobeyed. God has given you certain type of body. You have to stay in that body for certain period. That is obedience to God. If you untimely kill this body, then it is sinful. Just like you are put into prison house for a certain number of months or years. Before that period, if you flee away, then you are again punished. Is it not? Because you did not fulfill the terms of your prison life, then again you become criminal. Similarly, those who kills another body, or those who kill another body, or those who make suicide, they become again criminal. Again criminal. This is the law of nature, but they do not know. Therefore one who does not know the laws of nature, mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram [Bg. 9.10]. The prakrtih, the laws of nature, is going on under the direction of Krsna. One who does not know, asraddadhanah, one who has no faith, purusa dharmasyasya parantapa aprapya mam: the result is he does not go back to home, back to Godhead. Then what is? Nivartante: he wanders, he travels within this material world, mrtyu-samsara-vartmani. Because you cannot avoid mrtyu. Janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi, this is the law of this material nature. Mrtyu-samsara-vartmani. But if you want to avoid this mrtyu-samsara-vartmani, then you must be Krsna conscious, you must surrender to Krsna. daivi hi esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te [Bg. 7.14] Ryaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti… These things are there. So you should Bhagavad-gita very carefully with attention, as it is, without malinterpretation, with rascal interpretation. Try to understand, make your life successful. This is our propaganda, Krsna consciousness. Krsna consciousness movement is not a manufactured movement. It is simply based on this Bhagavad-gita— Krsna. Bhagavad-gita means Krsna. Krsna, everything Krsna. That is Krsna consciousness. We are simply placing Bhagavad-gita as it is. And if we are fortunate enough to understand Bhagavad-gita, our life is successful. The Bhagavad-gita is there, the teaching is there, the example is there. Why should we not accept and make our life successful? That is the first law. Then Krsna says, maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina. Avyakta-murtina: the impersonalist. We understand Krsna is person. And what is imperson? Imperson is the expansions of Krsna’s energy. Just like we can understand by this example, that the sun is person, localized. It is a globe. And within the sun there is sun-god. The sun-god is a person. His name is Vivasvan. That is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita: imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham avyayam [Bg. 4.1] So Krsna spoke this Bhagavad-gita first to sun- god. So when asked, Krsna spoke in this word to Arjuna. Arjuna is a person, and Krsna is also person, nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam. Similarly, Krsna spoke to sun-god; he is also a person, but that person should go… I may say, sun-god, his bodily rays is the sunshine, and in the sunshine the whole material world exists. Similarly, there is real sunshine, which is called brahmajyoti, that is coming out of the body of Krsna. Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti [Bs. 5.40]. So this impersonal brahma, sarvam khalv idam brahma, that is Krsna’s personal rays. Therefore Krsna says here, maya tatam idam sarvam. Sarvam. Idam sarvam. Sarvam khalv idam brahma. Because it is Krsna’s bodily rays, therefore in that sense you can take anything as brahma, sarva khalv idam, because nothing is different from Krsna. Idam hi visvam bhagavan ivetaro. The whole creation is also bhagavan, but it is as appears as different. It appears as different. So this is explained here, maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina-mat-sthani sarva-bhutani. “Everything is resting on Me.’’ Just like in the sunshine. On the sunshine all these material planets are resting. Similarly, everything, these universes are resting on Krsna’s bodily shine, brahmajyoti. Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti [Bs. 5.40]. Mat-sthani sarva-bhutani na caham tesv avasthitah. These mayavadi philosophers say, “Because everything is Krsna, then why shall I go to temple? Why shall I say ‘Worship Krsna’?’’ But everything is Krsna, why not this Krsna? This is also Krsna. But their poor brain cannot understand. They simply preach impersonalism. But here it is described, what is impersonalism. Impersonalism means expansion of Krsna’s energy. That is impersonal. That is also Krsna, but indirect. Everything is there, mat-sthani sarva…, but you cannot find out Krsna there. So this material world is also expansion of Krsna’s energy. Bhumir apo ’nalo vayuh kham mano buddhir eva ca bhinna me prakrtir astadha. “They are also My energy, but they’re separated.’’ So although separated, because it is coming from Krsna, it is also Krsna. Because everything coming out of gold, that is also gold. So in higher sense, practically there is no… (end)
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Calcutta, March 8, 1972