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Lect NY 1969-04-17 Krishna Obliged Me to Come With --etc

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ANNOUNCER: The
following is a lecture,

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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,

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recorded on the 17th of April,
1969, in New York, New York.

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PRABHUPĀDA:
Everything all right?

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DEVOTEES: <i>Jaya</i>.

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Hare Kṛṣṇa.

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<i>ārādhito yadi haris
tapasā tataḥ kim</i>
[Nārada Pañcarātra]

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<i>Govindam ādi-puruṣa</i>
is known as Hari.

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Hari means “who takes
away all your miseries.”

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That is Hari.

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<i>Hara</i>; <i>hara</i> means taking away.

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<i>Harate</i>.

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So, just like thief also takes away, but
he takes away the valuable things,

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material consideration,
sometimes Kṛṣṇa also takes away

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your material valuables just
to show you special favor.

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<i>yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi
hariṣye tad-dhanaṁ śanaiḥ</i>
[SB 10.88.8]

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Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja inquired from Kṛṣṇa
that “We are supposed to be very pious.

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My brothers are great warriors, my
wife is exactly the goddess of fortune,

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and above all, You are
our personal friend.

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So how is this that we
have lost everything?

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We have lost our kingdom,
we have lost our wife,

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we have lost our
honor—everything.”

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So in reply to this, Kṛṣṇa said,

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<i>yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi
hariṣye tad-dhanaṁ śanaiḥ</i>
[SB 10.88.8]:

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“My first favor is that I take
away all riches of My devotee.”

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Therefore,

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people are not very much enthusiastic
to come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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But He does it.

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Just like the Pāṇḍavas were in
the beginning put into difficulty,

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but later on they became the most exalted
personalities throughout the whole history.

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That is Kṛṣṇa’s favor.

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In the beginning,

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He may do like that because we have got
attachment for our material acquisitions.

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So, that is my personal experience.

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In the beginning, when my
Guru Mahārāja ordered me,

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I thought it that “I shall first of all become
very rich man; then I shall preach.”

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So I was doing very
nice in business.

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In the business circle,
I got very good name,

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and with whom I was dealing
business, they were very satisfied.

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But Kṛṣṇa made so trick
that He broke everything,

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and He obliged me
to take <i>sannyāsa</i>.

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So that is Hari.

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So that I had to come to your
country with only seven dollars.

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So, they are criticizing, “The
swami came here with no money.

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Now he’s so opulent.”

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So they are taking the back
side… black side, you see?

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But the thing is…

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Of course, I have become profited…
profitable, or I have acquired profit.

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I left my home, my
children and everything.

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I came here as a pauper,
with seven dollars.

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That is no money.

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But I have got now big
properties, hundreds of children.

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And I haven’t got to
think for their provision.

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They are thinking of me.

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So that is Kṛṣṇa’s favor.

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In the beginning, it
appears to be very bitter.

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When I took <i>sannyāsa</i>—when I was
living alone—I was feeling very bitter.

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I… Sometimes I was thinking whether
I would… done wrong by accepting.

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So… No… When I was publishing
this <i>Back to Godhead</i> from Delhi,

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one day one bull thrashed me,

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and I fell down on the footpath
and I got severe injury.

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I was alone.

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So I was thinking, “What is this?”

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So I had very… days
of very… tribulations.

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But, it was all meant for good.

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So, don’t be afraid of tribulations.

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You see?

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Go forward.

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Kṛṣṇa will give you protection.

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That is Kṛṣṇa’s promise
in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i>:

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<i>kaunteya pratijānīhi
na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati</i>
[Bg. 9.31]

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“Kaunteya, My dear son of
Kunti, Arjuna, you can declare

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throughout the whole world that My
devotees will never be vanquished.

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You can declare that.”

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And why He’s asking
Arjuna to declare?

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Why He does not declare Himself?

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There is meaning.

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Because, if He promises,

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there are instances that He
sometimes broke His promise.

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But if a devotee promises,
it will be never broken.

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Kṛṣṇa will give protection.

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Therefore He says [to] His
devotee that “You declare.”

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There is no chance
of being broken.

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Kṛṣṇa is so kind that sometimes He breaks
His promise, but if His devotee promises,

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He takes very careful attention that His
devotee’s promise may not be broken.

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That is Kṛṣṇa’s favor.

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So, <i>ārādhito yadi haris tapasā
tataḥ kim</i> [Nārada Pañcarātra].

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We are worshiping
<i>govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ</i>,

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the supreme original Personality
of Godhead who is known as Hari.

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[The] Vedic scripture
says <i>ārādhito yadi hariḥ</i>.

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If you have come to the
point of worshiping Hari,

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the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, <i>tapasā tataḥ kim</i>,

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then there is no more need of austerity,
penances, yoga practice, or this or that,

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so many sacrifices,
ritualistic…: All finished.

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You know not… do not
require to take trouble

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for these things if you have come to the
point of sacrificing everything for Hari.

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<i>ārādhito yadi haris tapasā tataḥ kim</i>
[Nārada Pañcarātra]

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And:

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<i>nārādhito yadi haris tapasā tataḥ kim</i>
[Nārada Pañcarātra]

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And you are
performing austerities,

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penances, sacrifices, ritualistic ceremony—
everything—but I do not know what is Hari.

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It is useless: All useless.

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<i>Nārādhito yadi hariḥ</i>; <i>nārādhitaḥ</i>.

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If you do not come to the
point of worshiping Hari,

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then all these things are useless.

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<i>Tataḥ</i>.

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<i>antar bahir yadi haris tapasā tataḥ kiṁ</i>
[Nārada Pañcarātra]

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If you always see Hari within yourself
and if you see Hari always outside:

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Inside and outside.

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<i>Tad vantike tad dūre tad…</i>
[Īśopaniṣad mantra 5]

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What is that verse?

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<i>Īśopaniṣad</i>?

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<i>tad antare…
…dūre tad antike</i>

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<i>…sarvasya…</i>
[Īśopaniṣad mantra 5]

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Hari is present everywhere, so
one who sees Hari, <i>antike</i>, near,

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and far distant place, within, outside,
he does not see anything except Hari.

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How it becomes possible?

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<i>premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena</i>
[Bs. 5.38]

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When one is merged
into the love of God,

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he does not see anything
in the world except Hari.

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That is his vision.

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So <i>antarbahir yadi hari</i>: Inside and
outside, if you always see Hari, Kṛṣṇa,

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<i>tapasā tataḥ kim</i>, then what is the use
of your other austerities and penances?

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You are on the topmost level.

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That is wanted.

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<i>antar bahir yadi haris tapasā tataḥ kiṁ</i>
[Nārada Pañcarātra]

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And if you do not see within
and outside Hari always,

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then what is the value
of your austerities?

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Therefore in the morning
we chant this <i>mantra</i>:

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<i>govindam ādi-puruṣam tam ahaṁ bhajāmi</i>
[Brahma-saṁhitā]

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We have no other business.

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Simply we have to satisfy Govinda, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.

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Then everything is complete.

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He is complete and His
worship is complete.

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His devotee is complete.

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Everything is complete.

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Thank you.

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Chant.

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