Bhagavad-gītā 7.6

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Give me this spectacle.

[chants verse, devotees repeating]

etad yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṅīty upadhāraya ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā [Bg 7.6]

[Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution.]

"Everything that exists is a product of matter and spirit..."

Devotees: "Everything that exists is a product of matter and spirit."

Prabhupāda: You do not require to repeat. Etad yonīni, the different forms of life... Just like here we are, human being, the cows, the dogs, the ants, the trees, the plants—so many different forms of life. Every one of us, we are living being. But according to our karma we have got different bodies. Just like we have got different dresses. We are all human being, but we have got different dresses. Similarly, sarvāṅi bhūtāni, all living entities, they are all Kṛṣṅa's part and parcel, but they have refused to cooperate with Kṛṣṅa. They wanted to enjoy material life independently.

Therefore different forms of bodies are there, but Kṛṣṅa is the cause. Kṛṣṅa... Just like father. Father is the cause of the sons, but the sons may be different. Not exactly all the sons are on the equal pattern. Similarly, we are originally all part and parcel or sons of God. Therefore God's qualities are there in us, very minute quantities, because we are very small. So the quality is there. Just like drop of water from the oceans, the taste it is there. The taste of the ocean, salty, is there in the drop of ocean water. There is no difference. Only the difference is quantity. In quality they are one. Quality, that salty taste, quality, that is one. Any drop of the ocean, you can take the salty taste, but the drops may be of different quantity and the ocean is very, very big. This is called acintya-bhedābheda,

[It is the living entity's constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṅa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṅa and a manifestation simultaneously one and different from the Lord.]

simultaneously one and different. One in quality.

So qualitatively we are one. God is good, so in quality we are good; we are not bad. But why you have become bad? Because we are now differently dressed. Dehātma-buddhiḥ. A dog is thinking, "I am dog," and a man is thinking, "I am man." A cat is thinking, "I am cat." He is neither cat, neither dog, neither human being. He is part and parcel of God. Ahaṁ brahmāsmi. This is self-realization: "I am not this body." Just like we are differently dressed. So I am not the dress. I am human being; you are human being. Paṅḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ [Bg 5.18].

[The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṅa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]]

Therefore those who are learned scholar, they do not find any difference between cat and a brāhmaṅa, because the brāhmaṅa is also a living entity and the cat is also a living entity, differently dressed.

So we have to rectify this mistake, that "We are not this body. This is our external covering. We are spirit soul, part and parcel of Kṛṣṅa." And that is the stage of liberation. Svarūpeṅa vyavasthitiḥ [SB 2.10.6].

[The merging of the living entity, along with his conditional living tendency, with the mystic lying down of the Mahā-Viṣṅu is called the winding up of the cosmic manifestation. Liberation is the permanent situation of the form of the living entity after he gives up the changeable gross and subtle material bodies.]

Now we are acting according to the covering. When we shall not act according to the covering but according to our constitutional position, that is liberated platform. Kṛṣṅa consciousness means when we understand that "We are part and parcel of Kṛṣṅa. Therefore our duty is to serve Kṛṣṅa," this is self-realization; this is liberation. When we are fully convinced about this fact that "We are all part and parcel of Kṛṣṅa. Our only duty is to serve Kṛṣṅa," then you are liberated. So the bhakti science means to purify. Ceto-darpaṅa-mārjanam [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.]

We are differently conscious. Somebody thinking, "I am American," somebody, "I am Indian." This is not our identification. The identification, when I shall think, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives us information, jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṅa-dāsa [Cc Madhya 20.108-109], that is self-realization.

So Kṛṣṅa says,

etad yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṅīty upadhāraya ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā [Bg 7.6]

[Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution.]

So "They are caused by Me," Kṛṣṅa says. The body... Body is the material—earth, water, air, fire and ether, mind, intelligence, ego. They are also emanating from Kṛṣṅa. Prakṛti..., bhinnā me prakṛtir aṣṭadhā. The difference is they are not in touch with Kṛṣṅa. But it is Kṛṣṅa's energy. Just like I am speaking and it is being recorded. When it will be replayed, you will find that I am speaking, but that speaking is separated. The speaking has come from me, but in the tape record it appears that it is separated. Or it is separated. In one sense it is not separated, because originally comes from me, and another sense, it is mechanical going on. So similarly, this material world is also Kṛṣṅa. Idaṁ hi viśvaṁ bhagavān ivetaraḥ [SB 1.5.20]. This material world is emanating from Kṛṣṅa. Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ [Bg 10.8]:

[I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.]

"I am the origin of everything." "Everything" means there are two things: one jaḍa and one cetanā, matter and spirit. There are two things. Matter is coming from Kṛṣṅa, and the spirit is also coming from Kṛṣṅa. Therefore He is the original cause, sarva-kāraṅa-kāraṅam.

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṅaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṅa-kāraṅam [Bs 5.1]

[Kṛṣṅa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.]

He is the cause of matter and He's cause of spirit also. So sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1].

[Everything, both matter and spirit, is non-different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is the Supreme Brahman.]

Everything is from Brahman. Kṛṣṅa is the Supreme Brahman. And Vedānta-sūtra, janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]: "Everything is coming from Him." Therefore Kṛṣṅa said, etad yonīni: "Although this yoni, the different types of living entities, are there, eight million, four hundred...," etad yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṅīty upadhāraya, ahaṁ kṛtsnasya [Bg 7.6], "they are all caused by Me." Ahaṁ kṛtsnasya. Kṛtsnasya means "of everyone." "Their body is also Mine, and they are spirit soul. They are also Mine."

So everything is Kṛṣṅa's. So therefore this body, I am claiming, "It is my body." It is not my body. It is Kṛṣṅa's. Kṛṣṅa is giving you. Just like father gives the dress to the children. Actually the dress belongs to the father. So when we understand this body is also Kṛṣṅa's energy, I am also Kṛṣṅa's energy, my intelligence is Kṛṣṅa's energy, and my identification is also with Kṛṣṅa, in this way when we realize fully, that is Kṛṣṅa consciousness. And when Kṛṣṅa withdraws, then it is finished. This Kṛṣṅa, when He withdraws the spirit soul from the body, then the body remains, and in due course of times the body becomes... "Dust thou art, dust thou beist." This is mixed up, pañca. Pañca-tattva prāpta. Again the body is mixed up. Just like from the earth you make so many different types of forms. Again, when it is broken, it falls down on the earth, and in due course it becomes earth again.

So this change is going on of the external body, not of the spirit soul. The spirit soul is individual, Kṛṣṅa is individual, and it continues. Every one of us, we were individual in the past, we are individual at the present moment, and we shall continue to be individual in future. But when we are covered by this material body, this individuality becomes differentiated. Otherwise, even though individual—we are spirit soul—we are one, spirit soul. And without any material contamination, our relationship is permanent. Kṛṣṅa is the origin, master, prabhu, and we are emanation from Kṛṣṅa, servants. So..., and this relationship continues. Then there is no impediment on account of this bodily covering. Hṛṣīkeṅa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate [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.]

When we are not contaminated by the body, we remain pure. With that senses, when we serve Kṛṣṅa, that is our liberation. That is called bhakti.

Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya. [end]