Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.30

Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

tad etan me vijānīhi yathāhaṁ manda-dhīr hare sukhaṁ buddhyeya durbodhaṁ yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt [SB 3.25.30]

Prabhupāda: [indistinct]

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"[My dear son, Kapila,] after all, I am a woman. It is very difficult for me to understand the Absolute Truth because my intelligence is not very great. But if You will kindly explain it to me, even though I am not very intelligent, I can understand it and thereby feel transcendental happiness."

Prabhupāda:

tad etan me vijānīhi yathāhaṁ manda-dhīr hare sukhaṁ buddhyeya durbodhaṁ yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt [SB 3.25.30]

So this is submission. The process of understanding transcendental subject matter is not by challenge but by submission. The whole bhakti process is submission. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's preaching.

tṛṅād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṅunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ [Cc Ādi 17.31]

[One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, and who does not expect personal honor yet is always prepared to give all respect to others can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord.]

If one is interested to advance by chanting, then Caitanya Mahāprabhu advises that you should be humbler than the straw or grass and tolerant than the tree. Tṛṅād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṅunā, amāninā: Without feeling oneself becoming very proud of intelligence, he should give respect to others, and in this way one can chant Hare Kṛṣṅa mahā-mantra offenselessly.

So Devahūti, although mother of Kapiladeva, because she is woman—not only woman; because she is going to be disciple or the student—she is presenting herself as very humble student, not that superior mother. No. Tad viddhi praṅipātena paripraśnena sevayā [Bg 4.34].

[Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.]

One has to learn. The first condition is praṅipāta. Prakṛṣṭa-rūpeṅa nipāta, complete surrender. Praṅipātena. Then paripraśna. Sad-dharma-pṛcchat. First of all, praṅipāta, full submission; then paripraśna, guided by sevā, service. We have to please the spiritual master, the teacher, by service. This whole bhakti process depends on service attitude. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau. I have several times explained this verse. Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṅa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ [Cc Madhya 17.136].

[Therefore material senses cannot appreciate Kṛṣṅa’s holy name, form, qualities and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awakened to Kṛṣṅa consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord’s holy name and taste the remnants of the Lord’s food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who Kṛṣṅa really is.]

Our present material senses are blunt. By these present senses it is not possible to understand the transcendental nature of Kṛṣṅa, His name, His form, His quality, His pastimes. Everything of Kṛṣṅa, they are all divyam, divine. Janma karma ca me divyam [Bg 4.9].

[One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.]

So divyam, transcendental subject matter, is not possible to understand by these material blunt senses. Therefore one has to purify it. That is bhakti-mārga. Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc Madhya 19.170].

[Bhakti, or devotional service, means engaging all our senses in the service of the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all the senses. When the spirit soul renders service unto the Supreme, there are two side effects. One is freed from all material designations, and one’s senses are purified simply by being employed in the service of the Lord.]

One has to purify the senses, and when the senses are purified, then, with that purified senses, hṛṣīkeṅa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate. When our senses are purified, then we can serve Hṛṣīkeśa. Hṛṣīkeṅa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam. Bhakti means to serve Kṛṣṅa, the master of the senses, by our senses. But these present senses, they cannot be fit for serving Kṛṣṅa. It has to be purified.

So how this purification is possible? Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau [Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234]:

[No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, quality and pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṅa through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him.]

by engaging oneself in service of the Lord. And the first service begins from the tongue, jihvādau. We have got many senses, sense organs, but devotional service begins from the tongue, jihvā, jihvādau, by chanting. It is very difficult subject matter, but it is made easy because... Devahūti says, sukhaṁ buddhyeya: "Very easily I can understand, because I am woman." Kṛṣṅa is open to everyone: striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrāḥ [Bg 9.32].

[O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth—women, vaiśyas [merchants], as well as śūdras [workers]—can approach the supreme destination.]

Although they are considered less intelligent, still, Kṛṣṅa is open to everyone. And especially in this age, kīrtanād eva kṛṣṅasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet [SB 12.3.51]:

[My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṅa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.]

"Simply by chanting Kṛṣṅa's name, this Hare Kṛṣṅa mahā-mantra," kīrtanād eva kṛṣṅasya mukta-saṅgaḥ, "one becomes liberated, and then paraṁ vrajet, he is transferred to the spiritual world."

"Although this Kali-yuga is full of faulty things, everyone is embarrassed with so many difficulties, still, very easy metho..." This is spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī after describing the faults of Kali-yuga. There are many, many hundreds and thousands of faults. People will suffer. They are all described in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. People's intelligence, bodily strength, mercifulness—everything will be reduced. And so many things are described. Some of them are very prominent even at the present moment. Just like in the Kali-yuga, it is stated, lāvaṅyaṁ keśa-dhāraṅam [SB 12.2.6]: "People will think by keeping long hairs they will become beautiful." Lāvaṅyaṁ keśa-dhāraṅam. So that is very visible now, especially in the Western countries. They keep very long hairs. Dāmpatye ratim eva hi: "Marriage, husband and wife, they will be simply by agreement." Nowadays that is happening. You go to a marriage-maker and agree, marriage is finished. Not like before. Dāmpatye ratim eva hi. And rati means sex desires. So long their sex desires will be completed, they can live. Svīkāra eva codvāhe [SB 12.2.5]. These are stated, all. Vipratve sūtram eva hi [SB 12.2.3]:

[Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one's expertise in sex, and a man will be known as a brāhmaṅa just by his wearing a thread.]

"To become a brāhmaṅa, just have a sacred thread." Sacred or not sacred, get a thread, that's all, without executing the brahminical duties. That is going on. In this way there is a long list of Kali-yuga's activities.

So after submitting the list, Śukadeva Gosvāmī says, kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṅaḥ: "My dear King Parīkṣit, I have described all the faults of this Kali-yuga. But there is a special advantage in this age. That is," he said, kīrtanād eva kṛṣṅasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet [SB 12.3.51],

"people can become liberated and go back to home, back to Godhead, simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa mantra."

harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā [Cc Ādi 17.21]

[In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other means, no other means for self-realization than chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name of Lord Hari.]

So this easy process, sukhaṁ jihvādau, that begins from the jihvā, tongue. If you kindly train your tongue to chant Hare Kṛṣṅa mantra, and if possible without offense... There are ten kinds of offenses. If we avoid the offenses and you chant Hare Kṛṣṅa mantra, you become liberated. And it is very easy. Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṅasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet. Mukta. Anyone who is chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa mantra, if he is chanting sincerely... Sincerely or not sincerely, if he chants, then he will become sincere and purified. Ceto-darpaṅa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṅam [Cc Antya 20.12].

[Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṅa, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṅa expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar at every step.]

This is the process of cleansing the mirror of the heart. Mirror, when it isSo this is the easiest process. So durbodhaṁ yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt. But this chance is gotten by the grace of Kṛṣṅa. Bhavad-anugrahāt. If Kṛṣṅa sees somebody that he is sincerely chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa mantra... He is within everyone—īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati [Bg 18.61]

[The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.]

—so He can understand that "Here is a sincere devotee." Then He gives chance. He, as caitya-guru, the Supersoul, caitya-guru, and this external guru. He gives the chance of meeting external guru also, His representative, so that Kṛṣṅa helps a sincere devotee externally and internally. Internally, He helps, Himself, as Paramātmā. Buddhi-yogaṁ dadāmi tam [Bg 10.10].

[To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.]

Kṛṣṅa says that "I give him intelligence from within." And without, externally, His representative the spiritual master is there. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, guru-kṛṣṅa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja [Cc Madhya 19.151].

[According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṅa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṅa and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.]

Combination of guru and Kṛṣṅa. By the grace of Kṛṣṅa, one gets a bona fide guru, and by the grace of the bona fide guru, one gets Kṛṣṅa. This is going on. So as we are fallen, similarly, śāstra has given us very easy method to appreciate our transcendental life, our blissful life. That is Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement. This we are teaching everywhere, that "You chant this Hare Kṛṣṅa mahā-mantra," śravaṅaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṅoḥ. And when they are advanced, they are engaged in Deity worship, in preaching work and so many other.

śravaṅaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṅoḥ smaraṅaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam [SB 7.5.23]

[Prahlāda Mahārāja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṅu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)—these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Kṛṣṅa through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge.]

So Devahūti-devī, he..., she thinks herself, because woman, yoṣā, durbodham. So she is accepting her son as guru and very submissively, and she wants to understand the very difficult subject matter very easily by the grace of Kapiladeva. This is very important thing: to receive the causeless mercy of Kṛṣṅa and the spiritual master, both. By Kṛṣṅa's mercy we shall get spiritual master, and spiritual master's... Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, he has very much stressed on the mercy of guru. And that is actually fact. If we receive the mercy of guru, if we can satisfy guru by our service, and if he gives his blessing, that is very, very great opportunity. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. Guru is confidential servant of Kṛṣṅa. Guru never claims that he is Kṛṣṅa, he is God. That is not guru. Guru, although worshiped as Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa... Sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstraiḥ. Not in one śāstra, but all the Vedic śāstra, they describe guru, guru-brahma. They describe on the equal footing. Guru, being representative of Kṛṣṅa, he is worshiped as Kṛṣṅa. Sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstraiḥ. All śāstra recommends that. Tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ. And those who are pure devotees, they accept. But that does not mean that guru declares himself that "I am Kṛṣṅa. I am God." No. Kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya. He is the most confidential servant of Kṛṣṅa; therefore he is very dear. And as he is very dear to Kṛṣṅa, if he recommends somebody, "Kṛṣṅa, accept him," He will accept him. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. That is the system.

Guru is very confidential servant of Kṛṣṅa. Why confidential servant? Because he is canvassing door to door, "Please become Kṛṣṅa conscious. Please surrender to Kṛṣṅa." Kṛṣṅa says to Arjuna, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṅaṁ vraja [Bg 18.66],

[Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.]

and guru takes that very mission, but does not say like Kṛṣṅa, that "You surrender to me." He says, "Surrender to Kṛṣṅa." One has to surrender to Kṛṣṅa through the via media of guru, not directly. This is the process. Therefore guru accepts respects from the disciple not for his personal self, but conveying the respect to Kṛṣṅa. This is the process. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi. If you cannot get the mercy of guru, then it is very difficult to approach Kṛṣṅa. We cannot approach Kṛṣṅa directly. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ [Bg 4.2].

[This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost.]

That is the statement in the Bhagavad-gītā. Paramparā. Guru, he offers the same respect to his guru, his guru, it goes. In this way, it goes to Kṛṣṅa, paramparā. As the mercy of Kṛṣṅa comes through the paramparā system, similarly, the offering of respect to Kṛṣṅa goes up through the paramparā system. Therefore it is stated, bhavad-anugrahāt. Bhavad-anugrahāt: "Please kindly become merciful upon me."

So in this way, one has to learn how to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Our Vaiṣṅava system is ādau gurv-āśrayam [Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.74]. If we want to approach Kṛṣṅa, then in the beginning, ādau, the beginning is to take shelter of guru. That is being shown by Devahūti. Although He is son, [s]he is begging the mercy of Kapiladeva so that by His mercy she could understand what is devotional service and how to approach Kṛṣṅa. Tad etan me vijānīhi yathāhaṁ manda-dhīḥ. So this is very good qualification. Manda-dhīḥ: "My intelligence is not very sharp; manda." That is especially in this age. Of course, Kapiladeva and Devahūti was not in this age. Still, she is submitting because she happens to be woman, and although she is such exalted woman that she could give birth to the Personality of Godhead Kapiladeva—she was not ordinary woman—still, she thinks manda-dhīḥ: "I am less intelligence." Manda-dhīr hare: "My dear Kapila, You are Supreme Personality of Godhead, but I am manda-dhīḥ. My intelligence is not very sharp. Still, I want to understand the sublime subject matter, transcendental subject matter, from You. So it is possible." Bhavad-anugrahāt: "If You become merciful, then it is possible." This is the process.

So in order to get the mercy of guru, so yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ, we must search out a bona fide spiritual master, representative of Kṛṣṅa or Kapiladeva, and then we shall submit and offer service. In this way we shall please the guru, and if he is satisfied, then our business is complete. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi. This is our... Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended this process, this process, jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva [SB 10.14.3].

[Those who, even while remaining situated in their established social positions, throw away the process of speculative knowledge and with their body, words and mind offer all respects to descriptions of Your personality and activities, dedicating their lives to these narrations, which are vibrated by You personally and by Your pure devotees, certainly conquer Your Lordship, although You are otherwise unconquerable by anyone within the three worlds.]

The process of understanding or approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead is this. Caitanya Mahāprabhu approved this when He was discussing with Rāmānanda Rāya.

So the process of approaching the Supreme Lord... So he first of all explained the varṅāśrama-dharma. Varṅāśramācāravatā puruṣeṅa paraḥ pumān, viṣṅur ārādhyate [Cc Madhya 8.58].

[The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṅu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duties in the system of varṅa and āśrama. There is no other way to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One must be situated in the institution of the four varṅas and āśramas.’]

The human life is for viṣṅur ārādhanam. That is the human life, viṣṅur ārādhanam. The varṅāśrama, the system... Cātur-varṅyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭam [Bg 4.13], Kṛṣṅa says.

[According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.]

Why He established this cātur-varṅyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭam? Because through the cātur-varṅya, systematic institution, following the rules and regulation of brāhmaṅa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, one can approach Lord Viṣṅu. Viṣṅur ārādhyate. This varṅāśrama-dharma is very important. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that it is very difficult even to execute the rules and regulation of varṅāśrama-dharma in this age. Actually that is a fact. Therefore, after explaining varṅāśrama-dharma before Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He said, Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, eho bāhya: "Yes, it is one of the processes, but in this age it is very difficult." Who is going to be brāhmaṅa? It is very difficult. Especially it has become very difficult in India. We are advertising, we are soliciting, "Please come here in this Hare Kṛṣṅa Land and just become a brāhmaṅa-vaiṣṅava, and we shall try to serve you by giving you good place," but nobody is coming. Therefore it is very difficult to revive the old varṅāśrama-dharma culture.

Caitanya Mahāprabhu, therefore, said, "No, no, it is all right, but it is very difficult now." He is practical. Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the... Namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṅa-prema-pradāya te [Cc Madhya 19.53].

[O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṅa Himself appearing as Śrī Kṛṣṅa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṅī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṅa. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.]

He is studied by Rūpa Gosvāmī as the most munificent avatāra, incarnation. There are many incarnation, but He's the most munificent, vadānya, the supreme charitable. Why? Kṛṣṅa-prema-pradāya te. He is distributing love of Kṛṣṅa like anything. Kṛṣṅa-prema-pradāya te. One cannot understand Kṛṣṅa.

manuṣyāṅāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaścin vetti māṁ tattvataḥ [Bg 7.3]

[Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.]

To understand Kṛṣṅa is very, very difficult. Out of many, many millions of person, one tries for making his life successful. And out of many, many such successful, yatatām api siddhānām, one who has attained siddhi, such person, may..., one may understand Kṛṣṅa. So Kṛṣṅa, to understand... So first of all, we cannot understand Kṛṣṅa. Then what is the..., where is the question of love of Kṛṣṅa? If you do not understand somebody, how you can love him? Love is far, far away. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu is so kind that He is distributing kṛṣṅa-prema: "Take, anyone. Come on." Kṛṣṅa-prema-pradāya te [Cc Madhya 19.53].

So therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very practical, that "I want to give kṛṣṅa-prema. One should be ecstatic, emotional in kṛṣṅa-prema. One shall cry for Kṛṣṅa." And He taught everyone by His practical example how He was mad after Kṛṣṅa. Govinda-viraheṅa me. Śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ govinda-viraheṅa me. This is kṛṣṅa-prema: without Kṛṣṅa, one should see everything vacant. This is Rādhārāṅī's prema.

But that is not possible for ordinary human being. It might be possible for Caitanya Mahāprabhu and few devotees. Just like His immediate disciples, the six Gosvāmīs, they were also following the same principle. In the Vṛndāvana the six Gosvāmīs used to live. But they were seeking Kṛṣṅa, becoming mad.

he rādhe vraja-devike ca lalite he nanda-sūno kutaḥ śrī-govardhana-pādapa-tale kālindī-vane kutaḥ ghoṣantāv iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mahā-vihvalau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

So they were mad after Kṛṣṅa: "Where is Kṛṣṅa?" They never said, "We have seen Kṛṣṅa." And Caitanya Mahāprabhu also, He said, "I was dreaming of Kṛṣṅa, and why you awake Me? I have lost the chance." In this way they were making bhajana. This is called viraha-bhajana, viraha-bhajana, separation. That is very recommended process. So we should be awakened, awaken our consciousness, Kṛṣṅa consciousness, in such a way that being separated from Kṛṣṅa, we shall become mad after Him. This is called kṛṣṅa-prema. That prema was being distributed by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And He is still distributing.

So how this prema can be awakened easily, that has been recommended by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, quoting from Lord Brahmā's prayer to Kṛṣṅa, jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva. Don't try to understand Kṛṣṅa by your teeny knowledge. We are imperfect. How we can speculate on Kṛṣṅa? That is not... Because there are certain persons, jñānīs, they want to know. Just like theosophists: they want to know the Absolute Truth by speculation. But that is not possible.

athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya- prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi jānāti tattvaṁ... na cānya eko 'pi ciraṁ vicinvan [SB 10.14.29]

[My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study the Vedas for many years.]

Ciram, for many, many years, if you speculate, you cannot understand Kṛṣṅa. You have to receive the mercy of Kṛṣṅa through the spiritual master. Then it is possible. That is recommended by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir ye prāyaśo 'jita. Kṛṣṅa's another name is Ajita; you cannot conquer Him. When Kṛṣṅa was present, He had to fight with so many demons, but nobody could conquer Him. That is the history. He conquered everyone, but nobody could conquer Him. He is conquered by His devotee only. That's all. Therefore His name is Ajita. Ajita. If you want to conquer over Ajita, then you simply... Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that "Don't speculate." Sthāne sthitāḥ... Jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva. Be submissive: "Kṛṣṅa, I am very poor. Kṛṣṅa, I have no means to understand You. So if You kindly be merciful upon me, then I can understand something about You." Surrender. That is wanted. Kṛṣṅa is very merciful as soon as He sees that somebody is surrendered.

śṛṅvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṅaḥ puṅya-śravaṅa-kīrtanaḥ hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṅi vidhunoti suhṛt-satām [SB 1.2.17]

[Śrī Kṛṣṅa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone's heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.]

If we... This is the process. If we hear about Kṛṣṅa... Sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhiḥ. You remain in your position. Don't change. Either you are brāhmaṅa or śūdra or gṛhastha or sannyāsī, it doesn't matter. But you hear about Kṛṣṅa. This is the process. This is the first-class process.

So we are opening hundreds and thousands... Not thousands; we have opened about 102 centers all over the world. But we want to open thousands. But we are in need of assistance. But nobody is coming. Anyway, the Europeans, Americans, some of them have joined. Still, we required many thousands, because Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission is pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma: He wants to spread this Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement not in this city or that city, but nagarādi grāma. Just like here we have opened a center in Gandhigram. But in Bombay such hundreds and thousands centers can be opened, it is so big city. Similarly, there are other cities. It is required. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission.

pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma [CB Antya-khaṅḍa 4.126]

[In every town and village of the world, the chanting of My name will be heard.]

And that is the duty of the Indians, bhārata-vāsī. That is also Caitanya Mahāprabhu's desire.

bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya-janma haila yāra janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra [Cc Ādi 9.41]

[One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India [Bhārata-varṣa] should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people.]

This Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mercy, kṛṣṅa-prema distribution, is the best, topmost para-upakāra, welfare activity. Therefore every Indian should take up this job, bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya-janma haila yāra. So every Indian should understand the philosophy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or the philosophy of Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa consciousness, the same philosophy. Kṛṣṅa says His philosophy is sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṅaṁ vraja [Bg 18.66]:

[Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.]

"Just surrender to Me. I will give you protection." And Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy is the same. He is Kṛṣṅa, but as He has appeared as devotee, He says, yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṅa'-upadeśa [Cc Madhya 7.128]:

[Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṅa as they are given in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land.]

"Whomever you meet, you Indian, bhārata-vāsī, you just try to understand this Kṛṣṅa philosophy, Bhagavad-gītā, and make your life successful and go door to door and say this 'kṛṣṅa'-upadeśa." What is 'kṛṣṅa'-upadeśa? Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṅaṁ vraja. Bās. You become guru. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission.

So we should give chance to people to hear about Kṛṣṅa. Therefore we are opening so many centers. Please come and hear about Kṛṣṅa. Then gradually you will assimilate. Because Kṛṣṅa and Kṛṣṅa's words, they are not different—absolute. When we hear about Kṛṣṅa, that means we are directly associating with Kṛṣṅa. And the more you associate with Kṛṣṅa, the more you become purified. Hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṅi vidhunoti [SB 1.2.17].

Kṛṣṅa helps in washing your dirty things within the heart. Ceto-darpaṅa-mārjanam [Cc Antya 20.12].

This is the process of cleansing the mirror of the heart. Mirror, when it isThe same thing, Caitanya Mahāprabhu says. Then, when we are free, tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc Madhya 19.170], you become purified, we become purified.

Then immediately we revive our Kṛṣṅa consciousness and engage ourself in Kṛṣṅa's service.

Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]