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Fest BOS 1969-05-01 Lord Nrsimhadevas Appearance
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PRABHUPĀDA: So,
Nṛsiṁhadeva has appeared
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to convince the atheist
that there is no God.
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This is a lying propaganda
that nobody has seen God.
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Everyone has seen God.
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The devotee sees within his heart,
in the temple, and everywhere.
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And the atheist sees when his…
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and the clock, the handles
in the clock are over.
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Prahlāda Mahārāja was seeing
always, constantly Nṛsiṁhadeva.
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Mahābhāgavata.
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premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti
[Bs. 5.38]
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Those who have developed
love of God, prema
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premāñjana-cchurita…
[Bs. 5.38]
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When one’s eyes are anointed
with the, what is called?
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VIṢṆUJANA: Salve.
SATSVARŪPA: Ointment.
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No, no, there is a
technical name. Kajal?
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BRAHMĀNANDA: Make-up?
- Yes.
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DEVOTEE: Mascara.
- Huh?
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Anyway, the ointment which is
applied to the eyes for clear vision.
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So, when the ointment of love of
Godhead will be applied in our eyes,
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then with these eyes we
shall be able to see God.
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God is not invisible.
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Simply just like a man with cataract or
any other eye disease, he cannot see.
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That does not mean the
things are not existing.
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He cannot see.
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God is there, but because my eyes
are not competent to see God,
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therefore I deny God.
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God is there everywhere.
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So, the… In the material condition
of our life, our eyes are blunt.
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Not only eyes, every sense.
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Especially eyes.
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Because we are very proud of our eyes,
and we say, “Can you show me God?”
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You see.
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But he does not think that whether
his eyes are competent to see God.
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and That is atheism.
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He does not consider his
position, “In what position I am.”
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Even one cannot see a big
man like President Nixon,
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and he wants to see God
without qualification.
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That is not possible .
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nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya
yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ
[Bg. 7.25]
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Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā
that “I am not exposed to everyone.
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There is a curtain of yogamāyā.”
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The yogamāyā will
not allow to see God.
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Just like we have our condition that if
anyone wants to see here in the temple,
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we ask him that “First
of all take your shoes.”
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Just like a little condition.
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Similarly, to see God, there
must be some condition.
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That condition is that unless you become
a lover of God, God is not exposed to you.
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Otherwise God is there, always.
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premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu...
[Bs. 5.38]
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Sadaiva means always.
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Not that simply when we come
to the temple we see God; no.
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God is always visible
to the devotee.
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Sadaiva; sadā; sadā means
always, twenty-four hours.
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That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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The same example
which I gave you:
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That the woman who has got a lover,
and she’s very busy in her duties,
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but she is always thinking of the
lover, “When I shall meet meet him.”
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This is a example given
by Rūpa Gosvāmī
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that her mind is always engaged in
the form or the activities of the lover.
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If that is materially possible, when
you develop your love of Godhead,
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at that time you’ll see God
everywhere, always, twenty-four hours.
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That was the position
of Prahlāda Mahārāja.
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He was seeing always God, Kṛṣṇa,
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but his father was not seeing
because he was atheist.
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He was asking, challenging,
“Where is your God?
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You are talking of so
so many times God.
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All right, I shall teach
you a lesson today.”
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So he took his sword and
wanted to kill his own son.
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Atheist is so unkind, cruel, that he is
prepared to kill his own son, beloved son,
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five years old.
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That is atheism.
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And theism, the father
who tortured him so much.
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So after the death of his father,
he’s praying to Nṛsiṁhadeva,
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“Please excuse my father.”
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This is theism.
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So that is the difference between Kṛṣṇa
consciousness and ordinary consciousness.
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They’re very kind, everyone.
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vāṣcha kalpatarubhyaś ca
kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
[Obeisances to the Vaiṣṇavas]
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You utter this prayer
krpa-sindhubhya eva ca.
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Vaiṣṇava is the ocean of mercy.
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There is no end.
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As you cannot, I mean to say, draw all the
waters from the ocean; it is not possible .
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Similarly, a Vaiṣṇava, a
devotee, ocean of mercy.
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You can draw from it as much
mercy as you like; still, it is full.
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So Prahlāda Mahārāja is the
symbolic representation of Vaiṣṇava.
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So try to be not
imitator, but follower.
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Don’t try to imitate: “Oh, Prahlāda
Mahārāja was thrown into boiling oil.
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Let me try:
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Fall into the boiling oil.”
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No, that is imitation.
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Just of all… First of all you become
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like Prahlāda Mahārāja,
then that will be possible.
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Don’t try to make experimental.
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That is not good.
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But follow.
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Try to follow.
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mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ
[Cc. Madhya 17.186]
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Mahājanas, great personalities, what they
have done, you cannot imitate them.
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You have to follow them.
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You have to follow the instruction
of Kṛṣṇa or His representative,
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but you cannot imitate them.
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Then you’ll fall down.
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Anu… Anusaraṇa.
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Not anukaraṇa.
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Anukaraṇa means imitation.
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But anusaraṇa:
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Follow. So what Prahlāda Mahārāja did:
That we have to follow his example.
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His example was that in spite of
continuous torturing by his father,
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he never forgot Kṛṣṇa.
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This we have to follow.
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In spite of all kinds of inconveniences
and torture by the atheist class of men,
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we shall never forget
Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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There were many examples.
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Just like Lord Jesus
Christ, he was tortured.
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So he was crucified, but he never
agreed that there is no God.
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So that should be our
motto; this is following.
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Either you be Christian or be Hindu
or be any, but be God conscious.
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Kṛṣṇa conscious
means God conscious.
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And in any circumstances
do not forget.
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That is called śaraṇāgati.
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That is surrender.
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So Prahlāda Mahārāja is
protected by Nṛsiṁhadeva.
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And…
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Now, it is a fact that [an]
atheist like Hiraṇyakaśipu,
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who denied the existence of God…
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So, he was shown God at
his last stage of life; yes.
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So the atheist will see God.
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But when he’ll see, his life is
finished; that means death.
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Atheist will see God
in the form of death.
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And theist, Kṛṣṇa
conscious devotee,
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will see God twenty-four
hours within his heart.
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That is the difference.
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Nobody can avoid death.
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So atheist will see God.
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If he denies God, but he will
see God in the form of death.
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That is explained in
the Bhagavad-gītā,
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that every moment our things
are being taken away by time.
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It is not difficult to understand.
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Just like my age,
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seventy-four years, seventy-five,
that means seventy-four years
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from my whole duration of
life is already taken away.
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Therefore everyone of you
should think that every moment,
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whatever asset you have got, the most
valuable asset is the life: duration of life.
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That is being taken away.
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That is the law of nature.
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And the last taking away is death.
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So Kṛṣṇa says that:
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mṛtyuḥ sarva...sarva haram aham
[Bg. 10.34]
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Mṛtyu, death, takes
away everything.
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Your education, title, M.A, Ph.D,
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D.A.C, your bank balance, millions
of dollars, your good name,
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your house, your family, your
friends, your country—all taken away.
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All taken away.
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So for atheist, this is God.
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When He’ll take away everything, he’ll
understand, “Yes, there is God; yes.”
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Yes? Just like a civil
disobedient person,
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when he’s arrested and he’s put into
the bars and given severe punishment,
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then he understands,
“Yes, there is government.
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There is government.”
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So government is there.
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For a nice citizen,
government is there.
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He’s taking all advantage
offered by the government
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and he’s obeying the
laws of the government.
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No trouble.
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But one who says “I don’t
care for the government.
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I am free.
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I shall become naked…”
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Just like that John Lennon:
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He exposed himself naked,
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and government stopped
immediately, that “You cannot do this.”
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So things are going like that.
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Atheist class of men, they’re
declaring themselves free,
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no God, and that is all nonsense.
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Mūḍha.
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They have been
described as mūḍha.
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First-class fool.
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na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhā
prapadyante narādhamāḥ
[Bg 7.15]
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Study Bhagavad-gītā;
everything is there.
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Those who are narādhama,
lowest of the mankind.
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As the lowest of the
mankind is atheist, similarly,
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the highest of the mankind
is Kṛṣṇa conscious.
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So try to be the highest
kind of mankind.
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The world is suffering for want
of highest kind of mankind.
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And be exemplary.
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So you’ll learn this lesson in this day
of the advent of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva.
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Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa
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