Haṁsaduta: The following was a wedding and initiation at the Cross Maidan, evening of 29th March, 1971.

Prabhupada: ...yaḥ; smaret puṇḍarikakṣaṁ sa bahyabhyantara-suciḥ; sri-viṣṇu sri-viṣṇu sri-viṣṇu. By chanting the holy name of Lord Viṣṇu, one becomes purified in whatever condition he may be. Apavitraḥ; pavitro va, either he is pure or impure, sarvavasthaṁ gato 'pi va, any condition of life, if he chants the holy name of Viṣṇu, then he becomes immediately purified internally and externally. [break]

...on the strength of chanting. This is the greatest offense. It is a fact that when one chants this mantra, Hare Krṣṇa, Hare Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa Krṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, immediately, his past sinful reaction of life immediately ceases. But if he thinks that "Because by chanting my sinful reactions are counteracted, therefore I may go on committing sinful activities, at the same time chanting Hare Krṣṇa mantra," this is called namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhiḥ;. One who is continuing sinful activities on the strength of chanting Hare Krṣṇa mantra, that is the greatest offense. So out of the ten kinds of offenses, as explained by Subala Maharaja, this is the most important item. One should not commit any sinful activity because he is chanting Hare Krṣṇa mantra. Go on. Next. [break]

...Oṁ Viṣṇupada Paramahaṁsa Parivrajakacarya Aṣṭottara-sata Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja Prabhupada. He was creating more brahmacaris and sannyasis for preaching work, but I am creating more grhasthas (applause), because in Europe and America the boys and girls intermingle so quickly and intimately that it is very difficult to keep one brahmacari. So there is no need of artificial brahmacaris. It is sanctioned. My Guru Maharaja wanted to establish daiva-varṇasrama. So married life is called grhastha-asrama. It is as good as sannyasa-asrama. Asrama means where there is bhagavad-bhajana. It doesn't matter whether one is sannyasi or one is grhastha or a brahmacari. The main principle is bhagavad-bhajana. But practically also, I may inform you that these married couples, they are helping me very much because... For practical example I may say that one of my Godbrothers, a sannyasi, he was deputed to go to London for starting a temple, but three or four years he remained there, he could not execute the will; therefore he was called back. Now, I sent six married couples. All of them are present here. And they worked so nicely that within one year we started our London temple, and that is going on very nicely. (applause)

So it is not the question of a brahmacari, sannyasi or grhastha. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said,

kiba vipra kiba nyasi sudra kene naya
yei krṣṇa-tattva-vetta sei guru haya
[Cc. Madhya 8.128]

It doesn't matter whether he is a sannyasi or grhastha or brahmacari. One who knows the science of Krṣṇa and preaches all over the world, he is guru, spiritual master. It doesn't matter. So in Europe and America I am especially creating more grhasthas, families, so that they can take up this movement very seriously and preach, and I am glad to inform you that this process has become very successful. Thank you very much. (applause)

om ajñana-timirandhasya jñanañjana-salakaya
cakṣur unmilitaṁ yena tasmai sri-gurave-namaḥ;

[I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance.]

sri-caitanya-mano-'bhiṣṭaṁ sthapitaṁ yena bhu-tale
svayaṁ rupaḥ; kada mahyaṁ dadati sva-padantikam

[When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?]

vande 'haṁ sri-guroḥ; sri-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ sri-gurun vaiṣṇavaṁs ca
sri-rupaṁ sagrajataṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunathanvitaṁ taṁ sa-jivam
sadvaitaṁ savadhutaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ krṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ
sri-radha-krṣṇa-padan saha-gaṇa-lalita-sri-visakhanvitaṁs ca

[I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇavas and unto the six Gosvamis, including Srila Rupa Gosvami, Srila Sanatana Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Jiva Gosvami and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and all His devotees, headed by Srivasa Ṭhakura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Krṣṇa, Srimati Radharaṇi and all the gopis, headed by Lalita and Visakha.]

he krṣṇa karuṇa-sindho dina-bandho jagat-pate
gopesa gopika-kanta radha-kanta namo 'stu te

[O my dear Krṣṇa, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherdmen and the lover of the gopis, especially Radharaṇi. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.]

tapta-kañcana-gauraṅgi radhe vrndavanesvari
vrṣabhanu-sute devi praṇamami hari-priye

That's all right. Anyone? [break]

...Gita Lord Krṣṇa says who can understand Him. By understanding Krṣṇa as it is stated in the Fourth Chapter—janma karma me divyaṁ yo janati tattvataḥ;—simply by understanding Krṣṇa, one becomes so much elevated that after quitting this body, material body, tyaktva dehaṁ punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9], he never accepts again this material body. As I have already explained to you that our miserable conditioned life is this—that we have to accept every fifty years or sixty or utmost hundred years, we have to accept another body. We may make very good arrangement in this life, nice bungalow, good bank balance, nice family relationships, everything. But the thing is that we shall not be allowed to stay. Asasvatam. Duḥ;khalayam asasvatam [Bg. 8.15]. Therefore all our attempts to become very happy within this material world is futile. The intelligent man should know this, that "I want permanent settlement in my life, but that is not being done." Only intelligent man can understand because intelligent means to understand that we are all eternal. Why should we accept this temporary body? We must have our eternal body. That is possible. You can have your eternal body like Krṣṇa. At the present moment, although we are eternal, we have to accept a certain type of body which is not eternal. Asann api klesada asa dehaḥ; [SB 5.5.4]. Asann api. This body is temporary, but it is very miserable. It is always giving us trouble. That we should know. Janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duḥ;kha-doṣanudarsanam [Bg. 13.9].

So in the human society there must be some program how to cultivate such knowledge which can give me relief from this repeated birth and death. That is perfect human society. Otherwise those who are being carried away by the waves of material nature like cats and dogs, that is not proper human society. Human society means which society is making advance in spiritual knowledge, the Aryans. The Aryans means those who are advanced in spiritual knowledge. They are called Aryans. Arya. Krṣṇa says, manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu [Bg. 7.3]. There are 400,000 species of human beings, different types of human beings. Kirata-huṇandhra-pulinda-pulkasa abhira-sumbha yavanaḥ; khasadayaḥ; [SB 2.4.18]. There are so many varieties, they are considered lowest, low-grade. They cannot realize what is the aim of life. Kirata-huṇandhra-pulinda-pulkasa abhira-sumbha yavanaḥ; khasadayaḥ;. Kirata, the black race. Sometimes it is interpreted: the Africans or the south part of our country. Kirata. Huns. These Huns are supposed to be inhabitants of the northern region of Russia. Some of them migrated into Germany. Kirata, huṇa, andhra, pulinda, pulkasa. There are so many different names. Of course, if we research from history, from the world history, we can find out where there are. But there are varieties of human beings. Therefore Krṣṇa says, manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu [Bg. 7.3]. All human beings are not of the same standard. There are different standards. But Krṣṇa is so kind, Krṣṇa is so powerful, that anyone out of this human society can be claimed to become a Vaiṣṇava. Anyone. That is the statement of Sukadeva Gosvami. Kirata-huṇandhra-pulinda-pulkasa abhira-sumbha yavanaḥ; khasadayaḥ;, ye 'nye ca papaḥ; [SB 2.4.18]. These names are mentioned, but there are many others whose names are not mentioned. Ye 'nye ca papaḥ;. They are called papaḥ;. Papa means very sinful life. Yad-apasrayasrayaḥ;. If such persons, such lower-grade persons even, they take shelter of a pure devotee, then they become purified. Sudhyanti, they become purified. How? Prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ;. That is the special prerogative power of Lord Viṣṇu. He can deliver anyone in any condition of life. Prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ;. That is extra, extraordinary, inconceivable power.

According to smarta-vidhi, unless one changes his body, he cannot be purified. That impression is going on in India, that unless one is born in Hindu family or born in brahmaṇa family, kṣatriya, he cannot be accepted as brahmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaisya, sudra, like that. But according to Vedic literature, that is not sanctioned. It is... To become a son of brahmaṇa and to have the privilege of becoming a brahmaṇa, certainly there is. Just like a boy born in a medical man's family, so he has got a chance, better chance, to become a medical man. Similarly, a boy born in a brahmaṇa family, he has got better chance to become a brahmaṇa. Or a boy born in kṣatriya family or vaisya family, he has got better chance. But that does not mean simply by taking birth in a brahmaṇa family or kṣatriya family, one becomes kṣatriya or brahmaṇa. No. He has to acquire the qualities. That is stated in Bhagavad-gita. Catur-varṇyaṁ maya srṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhagasaḥ; [Bg. 4.13]. And the qualification of brahmaṇa is also stated there: satyaṁ samaḥ; damaḥ; saucaṁ titikṣa arjavam astikyam, jñanaṁ vijñanaṁ brahma-karma svabhava-jam. These are the characteristics of brahmaṇa. Similarly, there are characteristics of kṣatriya, vaisya, sudra.

So in the Bhagavad-gita it is not stated... At least... We are discussing Bhagavad-gita. In the Bhagavad-gita at least, there is no such statement that a man becomes brahmaṇa simply being born in a brahmaṇa family or a man becomes sudra simply by becoming born in a sudra family. Guṇa-karma-vibhagasaḥ;. This is also confirmed in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sri Narada Muni instructs Maharaja Yudhiṣṭhira:

yasya yal lakṣaṇaṁ proktaṁ
puṁso varṇabhivyañjakam
yad anyatrapi drsyeta
tat tenaiva vinirdiset
[SB 7.11.35]

Narada Muni said that if the symptoms or characteristics of a certain status of social order is found in other family... For example, if a sudra-born boy is inclined to accept brahmanism or Vedic culture, he should be given the chance. That is accepted in the Pañcaratriki-vidhi. Just like these boys, European and American boys and girls, they are, according to our sastra, they are less than sudras, or you can call them caṇḍalas. But they are being elevated to the status of the brahmaṇa qualities by this Krṣṇa consciousness process. It doesn't matter.

Our Sanatana Gosvami gives direction in the Hari-bhakti-vilasa that one man can become a brahmaṇa by the regular process of dikṣa. Dikṣa, this initiation, cannot be offered to a sudra. Dikṣa cannot be offered to a sudra. But in this age, Kali-yuga, it is the statement of the sastras that in the Kali-yuga most of the population are sudras. Kalau sudra sambhavaḥ;. How they can be initiated? This initiation is offered not according to the Vedic rules, because it is very difficult to find out a qualified brahmaṇa. Dikṣa is offered to a qualified brahmaṇa. Therefore this dikṣa is offered according to Pañcaratriki-vidhi. That is recommended in this age. My spiritual master inaugurated this Pañcaratriki-vidhi, and we are following his footsteps. Anyone who is inclined to devote his life for Krṣṇa, he should be accepted as brahmaṇa.

Of course, he should be trained up. Not that these boys and girls are being initiated all of a sudden. They are trained up for six months, one year, then they are offered hari-nama. And when they are qualified actually in chanting Hare Krṣṇa mantra, at least sixteen rounds daily, when we see, one year at least, that he is doing his duties, following the regulative principles... All these boys and girls who are initiated, they will have to follow the regulative principles. No illicit sex life. Just like one couple is married because we don't allow to live..., to allow the boys and girls to live as friends. No. That is not allowed. All my students who came to me... Because it has become a system in their country, the young boys and girls they live as friends without parents taking care of their being married. That has become a system, regular system in Europe and America. And India also it is going to be introduced very soon. It is already introduced, and it will develop. And in the Srimad-Bhagavatam there is foretelling that in this age there will be no more marriage. Vedic marriage will be stopped. Svikara eva ca udvahe. Simply by agreement, the marriage function will be performed. But as far as we are concerned, we are trying to establish daiva-varṇasrama, as it is instructed by the Gosvamis, by Hari-bhakti-vilasa, by our spiritual master. May not be very perfect, but we are trying our best to introduce this daiva-varṇasrama.

Therefore Krṣṇa says... Manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu [Bg. 7.3], ...means not ordinary men. Those who are situated in this daiva-varṇasrama, qualified brahmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaisya, sudra... And we should note also that this division of brahmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaisya, and sudra, is not that to make artificial competition and to become puffed-up with pride that "I am brahmaṇa. You are sudra." No. It is a cooperation. Just like you have got cooperative society, similarly, these four divisions of social orders are cooperative society. The brahmaṇa is considered to be the mouth of the social body. The kṣatriya is considered to be the army—arm or army, strength of the social body. The vaisyas are considered to be the productive element of the body. And the sudras are considered to be the working class. But the intelligent class, the brahmaṇas, and the administrative class, the kṣatriyas, and the productive class, the vaisyas, and the working class, the sudras, they are equally important. If you take the whole body, you cannot say that the leg is unimportant than the head. Head is as important as the legs. But comparatively, because the head, the brain, gives direction, therefore it is more important as the legs. But comparatively, because the head, the brain, gives direction, therefore it is more important than the legs. But without leg, the brain also cannot work. Without hand, the brain also cannot work, simply by brain. Brain is of course most important. Similarly, in the social order, the brahmaṇas, the intelligent class of men, are very important undoubtedly, but sudras are not less important. They are also important. That is the system given by the Lord Himself.

Catur-varṇyaṁ maya srṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhagasaḥ; [Bg. 4.13]. To cooperate, to understand... It is also compared that the brahmaṇa is the head of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the viraṭ-puruṣa. So brahmaṇa's business is, because it is the head, to give direction to the society, to the spiritual society, daiva-varṇasrama, how to conduct the life and occupation of the society. That is brahmaṇa's business. The kṣatriya's business is to give protection to the society. And the vaisya's business is to give food, productive. Krṣi-go-rakṣya-vaṇijyaṁ vaisya-karma svabhava-jam [Bg. 18.44]. In this way there is a cooperative system, taking as part and parcel of the supreme body. Mamaivaṁso jiva-bhutaḥ; [Bg. 15.7]. So we should cooperate, but there must be these four classes of men. Not that simply sudras and vaisyas. At the present moment, there are few vaisyas and mostly sudras. Rajas-tamo-bhavaḥ; [SB 1.2.19]. Rajas-tamaḥ;, by the rajo-guṇa, the kṣatriyas are produced, and by tamo-guṇa the sudras are produced. And vaisyas are mixed up rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa. So it doesn't matter in whatever guṇa or status of life we are. If all of us take to Krṣṇa consciousness, then our life is successful, mutual cooperation. So therefore Krṣṇa says, manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu kascid yatati siddhaye [Bg. 7.3].

Now, how to make perfect, perfection of life, siddhi? That is stated in the Caitanya-caritamrta. Anadi-bahirmukha jiva krṣṇa bhuli' gela, ataeva krṣṇa veda-puraṇa kaila [Cc. Madhya 20.117].(?) Because we have all forgotten Krṣṇa, that is our miserable condition of life. We are all forgotten about Krṣṇa. Therefore Krṣṇa is teaching us personally. Five thousand years ago, He personally appeared and teaching us, we forgetful of Krṣṇa, the whole human society. Krṣṇa is teaching everyone. Don't think that Krṣṇa is teaching only in India and to the brahmaṇas or the Hindus. Krṣṇa is for everyone. Therefore Krṣṇa is being accepted by everyone all over the world. It is our duty. Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore says it is the duty of all Indians to spread this Krṣṇa consciousness movement for para-upakara, all over the world. That is our business. So manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu kascid yatati siddhaye [Bg. 7.3]. The siddhi means when one takes to the daiva-varṇasrama principles. That is stated in the Viṣṇu Puraṇa,

varṇasramacaravata
puruṣeṇa paraḥ; puman
viṣṇur aradhyate pantha
nanyat tat-toṣa-karaṇam
[Cc. Madhya 8.58]

The whole life should be engaged how to satisfy Viṣṇu or Krṣṇa. That is varṇasrama-dharma. The four orders, social orders and spiritual orders—brahmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaisya, sudra, and brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa—these orders are made for Krṣṇa realization. These Vedic principles are there to understand Krṣṇa. Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ; [Bg. 15.15].

So Krṣṇa says that out of many thousands of human beings, species of 400,000's of species... manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu kascid yatati siddhaye [Bg. 7.3]. They come to the principle of this Vedic system of varṇasrama-dharma. That is the process of siddhi. Without coming to this process of varṇa and asrama, catur-varṇyam, the human life is animal life, or less than animal life. That is not accepted as human society. Therefore it is necessary that all over the world this varṇasrama-dharma, according to Bhagavad-gita, must be established. I am therefore trying to get these boys and girls married. This is the system of varṇasrama-dharma. And they are happy. These boys and girls who are married... Of course, there are sannyasis and brahmacaris. My open order is... I get... I receive so many letters daily that "I wish to marry." Immediately I sanction, "Yes, you get yourself married." But one who is strict, one who can follow very rigidly the orders of brahmacari and sannyasi, they continue. Therefore you will find in our society there are sannyasis, there are brahmacaris, there are grhasthas, there are vanaprasthas, like that. So no one is checked or hindered to make progress in Krṣṇa consciousness. Everyone is welcome.

So manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu kascid yatati siddhaye [Bg. 7.3]. Siddhaye means to enter into the institution of daiva-varṇa and asrama. That is called siddhi. Otherwise animals. And yatatam api siddhanam [Bg. 7.3]. Those who are engaged in the four orders or varṇa and asrama, out of them, yatatam api siddhanam. Those who are actually in the position of a brahmaṇa, actually in the position of a kṣatriya, siddhanam... They are called siddha. Actually following the rules and regulation of brahmaṇas, kṣatriya, vaisya, sudra, they are called siddha. Kascin maṁ vetti tattvataḥ;. It is not that one has become a brahmaṇa, qualified brahmaṇa, because one has become qualified kṣatriya, he will understand Krṣṇa. It is not easy to understand Krṣṇa. But Krṣṇa is so kind that He is coming personally and He is leaving behind Him this Bhagavad-gita to understand Him. That is Krṣṇa's kindness. Otherwise, by so-called mental speculation, you cannot understand Krṣṇa. It is not possible. Ataḥ; sri-krṣṇa-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaiḥ; [Cc. Madhya 17.136]. If a person is very expert in exercising his senses, mental speculator, it is not that he will understand Krṣṇa. Ataḥ; sri-krṣṇa-namadi. Namadi means His holy name, Hare Krṣṇa. Because name is the first. In our, this forgetful condition, our first business is to chant the holy name. Therefore namadi. To understand Krṣṇa we have to chant His holy name first, adi. Then gradually, Krṣṇa's qualities, Krṣṇa's form, Krṣṇa's pastimes, Krṣṇa's entourage and everything will be revealed.

ataḥ; sri-krṣṇa-namadi
na bhaved grahyam indriyaiḥ;
sevonmukhe hi jihvadau
svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ;
[Cc. Madhya 17.136]

If we take to this devotional service, then this chanting, this vibration of the holy name of Krṣṇa, very simple method, if we accept this... Just like we have offered these boys this chanting process, and they have accepted it very humbly. And if they prosecute the routine work, gradually they will understand what is Krṣṇa. As you see the advanced students who are dancing in ecstasy, you can understand how much they have understood Krṣṇa. A simple method. And nobody is checked or barred: "You are not Hindu. You cannot chant Hare Krṣṇa." No. Yei krṣṇa-tattva-vetta sei guru haya [Cc. Madhya 8.128]. It doesn't matter whether he is a Hindu or Muslim or Christian or this or that. One has to learn the science of Krṣṇa, Bhagavad-gita, as it is. Then he becomes a spiritual master.

These boys, this boy and girl just now married, I am sending to Australia. The boy has come from Australia, the girl has come from Sweden. Now they are united. Now they are going to maintain our establishment there in Sydney. Just now I am sending them within two or three days. They will take care of the temple and they will preach also. This Krṣṇa consciousness movement is expanding by their help. I am alone, but they are helping me. They are my gurus. I am not their guru, (applause) because they are helping me in executing my Guru Maharaja's order. So it is very nice combination that somebody is going to Australia, somebody is going to Fiji Island, somebody is going to Hong Kong, somebody is going to Czechoslovakia. And we are also negotiating to go to Russia also. There is chance of going to China also. We are attempting. We have already sent two boys to Pakistan—one in Dacca and one in Karachi. (applause)

So these boys, these American boys, are helping me. I am very sorry that no Indians are coming forward for this... Of course, there are some, but very few. They should come forward, younger generation of India, they should join this movement and spread Krṣṇa consciousness all over the world. That is Indian's business. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says,

bharata-bhumite haila manuṣya-janma yara
janma sarthaka kari' kara para-upakara
[Cc. Adi 9.41]

This para-upakara business, welfare activities to spread Krṣṇa consciousness all over the world, is the most important business at the present moment. It will unite everyone politically, socially, culturally, religiously, in every way. Krṣṇa. Krṣṇa is the center. That's a fact. It is making progress. And if we endeavor more and more, it will make more and more progress.

So Krṣṇa says therefore:

manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu
kascid yatati siddhaye
yatatam api siddhanaṁ
kascin maṁ vetti tattvataḥ;
[Bg. 7.3]

Therefore one who has understood Krṣṇa by this process of chanting Hare Krṣṇa mantra, svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ;, Krṣṇa reveals to them. Teṣaṁ satata-yuktanaṁ bhajataṁ priti-purvakam, buddhi-yogaṁ dadami tam [Bg. 10.10]. Krṣṇa is situated in everyone's heart. As soon as one takes to Krṣṇa consciousness, Krṣṇa helps him. If he comes forward one step, Krṣṇa comes forward ten steps. But if you do not want Krṣṇa, that is a different business. But one who takes to Krṣṇa consciousness...

srṇvataṁ sva-kathaḥ; krṣṇaḥ;
puṇya-sravaṇa-kirtanaḥ;
hrdy antaḥ;-stho hy abhadraṇi
vidhunoti suhrt-satam
[SB 1.2.17]

These boys and girls, they are simply engaged in Krṣṇa consciousness. Twenty-four hours they are simply hearing about Krṣṇa. Twenty-four hours. Not that fifteen minutes' meditation and twenty-three hours doing all nonsense. It is twenty-four hours meditation. Even in sleeping, meditation, chanting Hare Krṣṇa mantra.

So ataḥ; sri-krṣṇa-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaiḥ; [Cc. Madhya 17.136]. If we simply speculate, our senses, it is not possible to understand. But if we take to this process, sevonmukhe hi jihvadau... Jihva, this tongue, can be engaged in two processes. You can glorify Lord Krṣṇa. Simply glorify Krṣṇa. Krṣṇa is so great, Krṣṇa is so kind, Krṣṇa is so beautiful, Krṣṇa is so opulent, Krṣṇa is so powerful. Why you make Krṣṇa as imperson? He has got so many qualities, transcendental qualities. What would you gain simply by saying that Krṣṇa is nirakara, finish all business? No. Try to understand Krṣṇa, how much powerful He is, how much strong He is, how beautiful he is, how learned, wise He is, and hear from Him. The sastras are there. Why you stop your business of Krṣṇa consciousness simply by saying that Krṣṇa is nirakara? Krṣṇa is not nirakara. How He can be nirakara? Sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. Isvaraḥ; paramaḥ; krṣṇaḥ; sac-cid-ananda-vigrahaḥ; [Bs. 5.1]. Vigraha means He has got transcendental form. If He hasn't got transcendental form, how these great acaryas are worshiping Him—Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Lord Caitanya, and all the great acaryas? Does it mean they are making a farce?

Krṣṇa has got akara. Krṣṇa therefore says, avajananti maṁ muḍha manuṣiṁ tanum asritam [Bg. 9.11]. Avyaktaṁ vyaktim apannaṁ manyante mam abuddhayaḥ; [Bg. 7.24]. Krṣṇa has got transcendental form. He has got His abode. He is engaged there always.

cintamaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrkṣa-
lakṣavrteṣu surabhir abhipalayantam
lakṣmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanaṁ
govindam adi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajami
[Bs. 5.29]

Every description is there in the Vedic literatures. Therefore if we learn about Krṣṇa, being situated in the daiva-varṇasrama or having acquired the real qualities of brahmaṇa, higher or transcendental qualities... Brahmaṇa qualities means brahma janati iti brahmaṇaḥ;. That is nirakara, of course, but you have to transcend the position of brahmaṇa and become a Vaiṣṇava. Then you will understand the Krṣṇa's form, Krṣṇa's qualities, Krṣṇa's pastimes. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ; [Brs. 1.2.234]. Nahaṁ prakasaḥ; sarvasya yoga-maya-samavrtaḥ; [Bg. 7.25]. Those who are not Krṣṇa conscious, those who are not advanced in Krṣṇa science, for them, Krṣṇa is covered by the yoga-maya curtain.

premañjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santaḥ; sadaiva hrdayeṣu vilokayanti
yaṁ syamasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarupaṁ
govindam adi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajami
[Bs. 5.38]

Krṣṇa is Syamasundara, but one who has advanced his love of Krṣṇa, premañjana-cchurita-bhakti, he can see Krṣṇa every moment, everywhere. Anyone can elevate himself to that stage of seeing Krṣṇa every moment by this Krṣṇa consciousness movement. Therefore Krṣṇa says,

manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu
kascid yatati siddhaye
yatatam api siddhanaṁ
kascin maṁ vetti tattvataḥ;
[Bg. 7.3]

So we have to understand Krṣṇa tattvataḥ;, in truth, by this Krṣṇa consciousness movement.

Thank you very much. Hare Krṣṇa. (end)

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