0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,301 SB 1-16-24 LA 1974-07-14 Faith or No Faith-Fact Is Fact 1 00:00:16,302 --> 00:00:20,391 ANNOUNCER: The following is a class on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, first canto, 2 00:00:20,392 --> 00:00:24,411 16th chapter, text number 24, 3 00:00:24,412 --> 00:00:30,301 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 4 00:00:30,302 --> 00:00:47,641 recorded on the 14th of July, 1974, in Los Angeles, California. 5 00:00:47,642 --> 00:00:50,381 NITĀI: “Mother, you are the reservoir of all riches. 6 00:00:50,382 --> 00:00:53,541 Please inform me of the root cause of your tribulations 7 00:00:53,542 --> 00:00:57,181 by which you have been reduced to such a weak state. 8 00:00:57,182 --> 00:01:01,741 I think that the powerful influence of time, which conquers the most powerful, 9 00:01:01,742 --> 00:01:04,932 might have forcibly taken away all your fortune, 10 00:01:04,933 --> 00:01:09,352 which was adored even by the demigods.” 11 00:01:09,353 --> 00:01:16,602 PRABHUPĀDA: Idaṁ hi mamācakṣva tavādhi-mūlaṁ 12 00:01:16,603 --> 00:01:24,972 vasundhare yena vikarśitāsi kālena vā te balināṁ balīyasā 13 00:01:24,973 --> 00:01:30,402 surārcitaṁ kiṁ hṛtam amba saubhagam [?]. 14 00:01:30,403 --> 00:01:36,652 So kālena, kālena means “by the time.” 15 00:01:36,653 --> 00:01:43,532 In the Bhagavad-gītā there is, sa kāleneha yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa [?]. 16 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:46,062 So time is very powerful. 17 00:01:46,063 --> 00:01:51,112 Time is eternal, and it is very powerful. 18 00:01:51,113 --> 00:01:58,972 So the inquiry is, “Vasundhare, the reservoir of all riches, 19 00:01:58,973 --> 00:02:04,362 whether you have been plundered or taken away 20 00:02:04,363 --> 00:02:09,632 of all your fortunes in due course of time?” 21 00:02:09,633 --> 00:02:18,652 Vasundharā, this planet… There are innumerable planets. This is one of them. 22 00:02:18,653 --> 00:02:24,122 And it is referred here that surārcitam. 23 00:02:24,123 --> 00:02:32,242 Surārcitam. Sura means the demigods, and arcitam means worshiped. 24 00:02:32,243 --> 00:02:36,712 So the demigods, they live in higher planetary system. 25 00:02:36,713 --> 00:02:45,992 Their standard of life is far, far better, thousands and thousands times better. 26 00:02:45,993 --> 00:02:55,762 Therefore when this planet is more opulent, even the demigods, 27 00:02:55,763 --> 00:03:00,262 they eulogize, surārcitaṁ saubhagam. 28 00:03:00,263 --> 00:03:07,063 That kind of opulence is certainly very great fortune. 29 00:03:07,064 --> 00:03:14,743 So all these inquiries are being made because Kṛṣṇa left this planet. 30 00:03:14,744 --> 00:03:17,443 “When Kṛṣṇa was present, 31 00:03:17,444 --> 00:03:22,943 so the opulence of this planet was so great 32 00:03:22,944 --> 00:03:30,243 that even the demigods in higher planetary systems, they were also envious. 33 00:03:30,244 --> 00:03:38,083 So that is now… Because Kṛṣṇa is not there, so that opulence is now taken away. 34 00:03:38,084 --> 00:03:44,733 So whether you are so much sorry for this purpose?” 35 00:03:44,734 --> 00:03:52,693 So this planet or any planet, they are all full with opulence. 36 00:03:52,694 --> 00:03:55,783 Pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇam adaḥ [Īśopaniṣad, Invocation]. 37 00:03:55,784 --> 00:04:01,023 By… Anything created by God is complete. 38 00:04:01,024 --> 00:04:04,343 Several times I have explained. 39 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:08,723 Just like in this planet we require water. 40 00:04:08,724 --> 00:04:12,793 Water is required for cleansing, for cultivating… 41 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:16,763 So many things water is, profuse water is required. 42 00:04:16,764 --> 00:04:25,423 So Kṛṣṇa has provided this planet—three- fourths part of the planet is full with water. 43 00:04:25,424 --> 00:04:31,933 But you cannot utilize it unless Kṛṣṇa touches. 44 00:04:31,934 --> 00:04:34,423 There is scarcity of water. 45 00:04:34,424 --> 00:04:36,673 You require so much water. 46 00:04:36,674 --> 00:04:45,013 Suppose in the desert you can pump water from the sea, but that will not be effective. 47 00:04:45,014 --> 00:04:50,004 It must be managed by Kṛṣṇa. 48 00:04:50,005 --> 00:04:56,084 The water must be evaporated by the machine, sunshine, 49 00:04:56,085 --> 00:04:58,594 and they’ll be turned into clouds. 50 00:04:58,595 --> 00:05:03,654 And when that water is poured, then it will benefit. 51 00:05:03,655 --> 00:05:08,134 So you are always dependent on Kṛṣṇa and His mercy. 52 00:05:08,135 --> 00:05:12,414 You are thinking that “We shall adjust these material things and become happy.” 53 00:05:12,415 --> 00:05:18,034 That is foolishness. That is not possible. 54 00:05:18,035 --> 00:05:23,824 Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram [Bg. 9.10]. 55 00:05:23,825 --> 00:05:26,194 The prakṛti is there. 56 00:05:26,195 --> 00:05:28,274 All the riches are there. 57 00:05:28,275 --> 00:05:31,624 Everything is there on the ground. 58 00:05:31,625 --> 00:05:35,204 Just like we are getting so many things from this ground. 59 00:05:35,205 --> 00:05:41,304 The trees, the plants, the foodstuffs, the minerals, so many things. 60 00:05:41,305 --> 00:05:43,924 There is everything, complete. 61 00:05:43,925 --> 00:05:53,864 You’ll see in your garden there are different types of flowers, color, scent, flavor. 62 00:05:53,865 --> 00:05:55,884 But wherefrom it is coming? 63 00:05:55,885 --> 00:05:59,624 It is coming from the earth. 64 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:03,584 Can you make any scent from the earth? 65 00:06:03,585 --> 00:06:06,674 But the scent is coming from the earth. 66 00:06:06,675 --> 00:06:12,455 The rose flavor, wherefrom it is coming? It is there. 67 00:06:12,456 --> 00:06:14,805 Anyone can understand. 68 00:06:14,806 --> 00:06:17,545 But you cannot extract that. 69 00:06:17,546 --> 00:06:20,585 Kṛṣṇa requires His hand. 70 00:06:20,586 --> 00:06:27,295 When Kṛṣṇa is there in the form of seed… Kṛṣṇa says, 71 00:06:27,296 --> 00:06:35,335 bījo ’haṁ sarva-bhūtānām [?]: “I am the seed of all living beings.” 72 00:06:35,336 --> 00:06:39,595 The seed. That… Just like there is sex. 73 00:06:39,596 --> 00:06:45,165 Unless the seed is there, there is no child. 74 00:06:45,166 --> 00:06:50,735 Similarly, unless the seed is there, there is no plantation. 75 00:06:50,736 --> 00:06:54,315 The banyan tree is there because the seed is there. 76 00:06:54,316 --> 00:06:56,895 And the rose tree is there because the seed is there. 77 00:06:56,896 --> 00:07:01,515 And Kṛṣṇa claims, bījo ’haṁ sarva-bhūtānām [?]. 78 00:07:01,516 --> 00:07:05,635 And Kṛṣṇa’s potencies are there in the seed 79 00:07:05,636 --> 00:07:08,015 so that different types of seeds 80 00:07:08,016 --> 00:07:13,205 producing different types of flowers, fruits, colors, flavor. 81 00:07:13,206 --> 00:07:16,415 This is Kṛṣṇa’s supervision. 82 00:07:16,416 --> 00:07:18,685 Mayādhyakṣeṇa [Bg. 9.10]. 83 00:07:18,686 --> 00:07:27,385 So ultimately, time and earth and everyone is abiding by the Lord, 84 00:07:27,386 --> 00:07:29,795 by the orders of the Lord. 85 00:07:29,796 --> 00:07:34,906 Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate 86 00:07:34,907 --> 00:07:40,556 iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ [Bg. 10.8]. 87 00:07:40,557 --> 00:07:43,056 Budhāḥ, those who are not rascals. 88 00:07:43,057 --> 00:07:45,596 Budha means intelligent. 89 00:07:45,597 --> 00:07:48,686 Budha. Budha means intelligent. 90 00:07:48,687 --> 00:07:59,786 So those who are intelligent, they know that everything is supplied by Kṛṣṇa. 91 00:07:59,787 --> 00:08:02,736 So why not depend on Kṛṣṇa only? 92 00:08:02,737 --> 00:08:06,866 Why so many other attempts? 93 00:08:06,867 --> 00:08:08,576 Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, 94 00:08:08,577 --> 00:08:13,196 vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana 95 00:08:13,197 --> 00:08:20,726 bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām 96 00:08:20,727 --> 00:08:28,596 Vyavasāyī [?]. means one who knows business particularly. Vyavasāya. 97 00:08:28,597 --> 00:08:36,566 Or one who knows confidently, “It is… This is the cause, this is the effect.” 98 00:08:36,567 --> 00:08:45,636 So those who know that Kṛṣṇa is the origin of everything, so they are fixed up in Kṛṣṇa. 99 00:08:45,637 --> 00:08:48,866 Vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha. One. 100 00:08:48,867 --> 00:08:51,906 Just depend on Kṛṣṇa. 101 00:08:51,907 --> 00:08:56,857 One who does not this, they depend on so many things. 102 00:08:56,858 --> 00:09:00,207 Buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām. 103 00:09:00,208 --> 00:09:09,707 So if we want to be Kṛṣṇa conscious, we shall fix up our mind on Kṛṣṇa, 104 00:09:09,708 --> 00:09:18,657 and… How to become fixed up, that art will be given to you by the spiritual master. 105 00:09:18,658 --> 00:09:22,017 Therefore Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says 106 00:09:22,018 --> 00:09:24,927 in connection with the explanation of this verse, 107 00:09:24,928 --> 00:09:27,917 vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ, 108 00:09:27,918 --> 00:09:32,007 so he says vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ means 109 00:09:32,008 --> 00:09:37,287 to take the words of the spiritual master as life and soul. 110 00:09:37,288 --> 00:09:42,977 That is vyavasāya… That is called vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ. 111 00:09:42,978 --> 00:09:45,407 And Viśvanātha Cakravartī says 112 00:09:45,408 --> 00:09:51,117 that “Whatever I am ordered by the spiritual master, 113 00:09:51,118 --> 00:09:55,507 that is my life and soul. I don’t care for liberation. 114 00:09:55,508 --> 00:09:59,747 My only business is to serve my spiritual master.” 115 00:09:59,748 --> 00:10:07,097 And in the song you have just sung, ye prasāde… What is that? Ye prasāde…? 116 00:10:07,098 --> 00:10:09,657 RĀMEŚVARA: Pūre sarva… Pūre sarva āśā. 117 00:10:09,658 --> 00:10:12,397 You do not know the meaning. 118 00:10:12,398 --> 00:10:18,398 Ye prasāde means “By his mercy, all our desires are fulfilled.” 119 00:10:18,399 --> 00:10:22,228 Ye prasāde pūre sarva āśā… [?]. 120 00:10:22,229 --> 00:10:30,628 So, so this is our process, to depend on Kṛṣṇa. 121 00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:34,618 Depend does not mean I shall remain idle. 122 00:10:34,619 --> 00:10:40,298 Depend means to work according to the direction of the śāstra. 123 00:10:40,299 --> 00:10:46,398 Sādhu-śāstra-guru-vākya [?], tinete kariyā aikya. 124 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:50,928 Depend does not mean, “Now let me sleep, and Kṛṣṇa will do everything. 125 00:10:50,929 --> 00:10:52,558 Depend on Kṛṣṇa.” 126 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,658 No, not like that. 127 00:10:55,659 --> 00:11:06,438 Kṛṣṇa never advised Arjuna that “You sleep on this chariot [laughter] I’ll…” Hare Kṛṣṇa. 128 00:11:06,439 --> 00:11:07,718 He never said that. 129 00:11:07,719 --> 00:11:10,028 He said, “You must have to fight.” 130 00:11:10,029 --> 00:11:13,458 Yudhyasva mām anusmara [Bg. 8.7]. 131 00:11:13,459 --> 00:11:15,108 “Fighting you have to do. 132 00:11:15,109 --> 00:11:19,368 But you always think of Me.” This is the success. 133 00:11:19,369 --> 00:11:24,788 Not that depend on Kṛṣṇa means, “I have not to, nothing to do.” 134 00:11:24,789 --> 00:11:27,548 So everything is there. 135 00:11:27,549 --> 00:11:35,448 Here it is said that surārcitaṁ kiṁ hṛtam amba saubhagam [?]. 136 00:11:35,449 --> 00:11:37,968 All opulences are there. 137 00:11:37,969 --> 00:11:43,439 I have already explained. Anything fortune… There are mines. 138 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,419 There are petrol. 139 00:11:45,420 --> 00:11:48,499 There are water. Everything is there. 140 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:58,789 But as soon as we forget Kṛṣṇa, then the time will take away everything. 141 00:11:58,790 --> 00:12:02,749 Yes. It will not allow. Time will not allow to enjoy. 142 00:12:02,750 --> 00:12:07,519 Then there will be strife, there will be misunderstanding. 143 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:13,369 Just like the petrol is there in, within this earth, 144 00:12:13,370 --> 00:12:21,209 but because we do not know how to use them, therefore there is scarcity of petrol. 145 00:12:21,210 --> 00:12:24,279 Petrol is there. 146 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:30,559 We do not know how to use Kṛṣṇa’s property. 147 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:35,539 We are trying to use everything as my own. 148 00:12:35,540 --> 00:12:37,719 But factually it is not. 149 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,799 Factually it is everything Kṛṣṇa’s. 150 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:48,889 So if we are Kṛṣṇa conscious, every one of us, there is no scarcity, no want. 151 00:12:48,890 --> 00:12:51,739 Because the things are there already. 152 00:12:51,740 --> 00:12:54,079 There is no question of scarcity. 153 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,589 But because we have forgotten Kṛṣṇa, there is scarcity. 154 00:12:58,590 --> 00:13:00,109 It is very clear. 155 00:13:00,110 --> 00:13:06,850 We have forgotten that this petrol belongs to Kṛṣṇa. 156 00:13:06,851 --> 00:13:08,730 Then it is all right. 157 00:13:08,731 --> 00:13:11,170 This land belongs to Kṛṣṇa. 158 00:13:11,171 --> 00:13:15,270 But the Arabians are thinking, “This land belongs to us.” 159 00:13:15,271 --> 00:13:17,460 Therefore there is difficulty. 160 00:13:17,461 --> 00:13:21,640 So the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is so important. 161 00:13:21,641 --> 00:13:30,670 If people simply learn this, that everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa… Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam. 162 00:13:30,671 --> 00:13:32,950 Sarvam means “everything.” 163 00:13:32,951 --> 00:13:36,280 Not that “This much is mine, this much is Kṛṣṇa’s.” 164 00:13:36,281 --> 00:13:38,760 No. Sarvam. 165 00:13:38,761 --> 00:13:46,440 Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvaṁ yat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagat [?], tena tyaktena bhuñjīthāḥ… 166 00:13:46,441 --> 00:13:52,110 Simply we shall use as much He has allotted for us. 167 00:13:52,111 --> 00:13:55,950 Then there is peace and prosperity, without any difficulty. 168 00:13:55,951 --> 00:14:01,510 Otherwise, you go on adjusting your material possessions; 169 00:14:01,511 --> 00:14:04,760 the time will take away everything. 170 00:14:04,761 --> 00:14:08,990 When you die by the…, in due course of time, 171 00:14:08,991 --> 00:14:12,730 then whatever possession we have got, all finished. 172 00:14:12,731 --> 00:14:21,430 That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś ca aham [?]: “I am death.” 173 00:14:21,431 --> 00:14:23,000 Kṛṣṇa is everything. 174 00:14:23,001 --> 00:14:25,671 So death is also Kṛṣṇa. 175 00:14:25,672 --> 00:14:29,271 Just like here is a picture of Hiraṇyakaśipu. 176 00:14:29,272 --> 00:14:32,361 Such a great demon, so proud. 177 00:14:32,362 --> 00:14:36,431 He was thinking that “I am the proprietor of everything.” 178 00:14:36,432 --> 00:14:42,101 He was chastising his son, doing everything, whatever he liked. 179 00:14:42,102 --> 00:14:48,401 But when Nṛsiṁhadeva came, within a second, everything finished. 180 00:14:48,402 --> 00:14:52,871 Everything finished. But Prahlāda remained the same. 181 00:14:52,872 --> 00:14:57,331 Prahlāda is not finished. Hiraṇyakaśipu is finished. 182 00:14:57,332 --> 00:15:02,961 So those who are trying to be very, very big by material possessions, 183 00:15:02,962 --> 00:15:05,731 they’ll be all finished. 184 00:15:05,732 --> 00:15:09,951 But if you remain in the position of Prahlāda, you’ll never be finished. 185 00:15:09,952 --> 00:15:19,826 Thank you very much [end] 186 00:15:19,827 --> 00:15:19,828 Subtitles by Gaurāṅga Sundara Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com