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Arr MEL 1976-04-19 Meaning of God
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ANNOUNCER: The following
is an arrival address
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on April 19th, 1976,
in Melbourne, Australia.
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PRABHUPĀDA: Now
the time is too late.
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I wish to take my bath.
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I’ll not speak very much now.
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When the time is fixed up for…?
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DEVOTEE (1): Evening.
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- Evening.
GURUKṚPA: Seven.
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PRABHUPĀDA: At that time we shall
speak, but this much I must express,
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my obligation that you are
worshiping the Deity so nicely.
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That is my great happiness,
and that is your happiness also.
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The more gloriously
you worship the Deity,
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decorate the Deity as gorgeously as
possible, the more gorgeous you will be.
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That is the secret.
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The materialistic, they are trying to
dress themselves very gorgeously,
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and gradually their dress is
being taken away by māyā,
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and voluntarily they
are becoming hippies.
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Because they did not try to dress Kṛṣṇa,
therefore māyā is taking their dresses.
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The secret of success is that if you give
nice… Everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa.
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Simply you have to collect them
and offer for the pleasure of Kṛṣṇa.
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Yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi
tapasyasi yat yad aśnāsi,
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kuruṣva tad mad-arpaṇam
[Bg. 9.27]
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This is the secret of success,
that whatever you do…
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It doesn’t matter
what you are doing.
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You are businessman, you are
a lawyer, you are engineer or…
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Something must be done
for earning one’s livelihood.
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That is a fact; without
karma, without working,
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you cannot keep your body
and soul together; that’s a fact.
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So, [in] the human form of life the
motto should be that “Whatever I do,
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whatever I earn; it must
be given to Kṛṣṇa.”
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This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi
tapasyasi yat… [Bg. 9.27].
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Everyone is doing something.
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- It is not working?
PUṢṬA KṚṢṆA: It is working.
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Everyone is doing something.
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Everyone is eating something.
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Everyone is undergoing some
austerity for success of his endeavor.
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So that should be
converted to Kṛṣṇa only.
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Then it is success.
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This is the verdict of
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā
varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ
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svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya
saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam
[SB 1.2.13]
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This is the resolution passed in the
Naimiṣāraṇya big meeting, that…
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Everyone is working
according to his capacity.
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Of course, in the Vedic conception
a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra,
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or brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha,
sannyāsa—this is the division.
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So, the meeting in the Naimiṣāraṇya
the conclusion was that,
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ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā
[SB 1.2.13]
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The president addressed all the learned
scholars and brāhmaṇas assembled…
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Because Kṛṣṇa consciousness is
meant for very first-class men,
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not for the loafer class.
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In the Bhagavad-gītā
this is clearly said,
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imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ
[Bg. 4.2]
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Not for the loafer class.
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But, a loafer class man can become
rājarṣi by Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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This is the secret.
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As the rājarṣi becoming…
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By materialistic way of life,
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a rājarṣi becoming a loafer class…
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Just like you see, so many kingdoms were
there, Moghul Empire, British Empire,
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Roman Empire, and so
many empires were there.
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Where are those empires?
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Finished all.
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That will finish.
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It will not stay.
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Now the so-called kings, the emperors,
they are now practically beggars.
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So if we do not decorate Kṛṣṇa, if we
simply decorate our personal body,
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then gradually it will be finished.
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You’ll be forced to become naked,
what to speak of decoration?
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This is the way of nature.
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But, if you try to decorate Kṛṣṇa,
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then without decoration you’ll
be worshiped; you’ll be beloved.
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And this is the
secret, just opposite.
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Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, yat karoṣi
yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi [Bg. 9.27].
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So, try to understand.
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Of course, I have given a glimpse
of idea in the Western countries
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of this Kṛṣṇa
consciousness movement.
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Now you are able:
young boys, young girls.
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You are intelligent.
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You have got so many credits
behind you for material civilization.
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Now you take it.
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Just convert it.
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Material civilization means to
endeavor for one’s personal benefit.
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Just the opposite.
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The same thing should be done,
but for the benefit of Kṛṣṇa.
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So Kṛṣṇa does not want
any benefit from you.
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He is quite competent.
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He does not want.
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But if you do for Kṛṣṇa,
then you are benefited.
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This is the secret.
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Kṛṣṇa says, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ
yo me bhaktyā prayacchati [Bg. 9.26].
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“If you give Me little flower,
little…” What Kṛṣṇa…?
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Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by…
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Lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-
sevyamānam [Bs. 5.29]. What?
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What does He want from…?
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What He’ll gain by
your patraṁ puṣpam?
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But He wants from you something.
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That you have forgotten.
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This is rascaldom.
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We have forgotten
to offer to Kṛṣṇa.
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So Kṛṣṇa consciousness
movement means
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it is the beginning of
offering everything to Kṛṣṇa.
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Then it is successful.
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Try to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.
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ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā
varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ
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svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasyasva…
Try…
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svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya
saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam
[SB 1.2.13]
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This is the secret.
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Whatever you do, it doesn’t
matter, but try to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.
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Then your life is successful.
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And for this purpose you have
to satisfy your spiritual master,
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because he’ll give
direction; he knows.
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So yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
[Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura].
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The things are very easy.
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Simply we have to adopt.
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Everything is mentioned
there in the śāstras.
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Simply you have to follow
the śāstra and guru and,
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sādhu-śāstra-guru-vākya
[Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura]
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Sādhu, those who are devotees,
we have to follow the devotees,
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the śāstra and guru.
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Then everything successful.
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- Thank you very much.
DEVOTEES: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!
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