(Prabhupada and devotees chant Invocation and verses 1-7)

Prabhupada: Again, from the beginning. (devotees repeat) Thank you very much. [break]

Apapa-viddham [Iso 8]. This is most important part of this verse. No sin can pollute Krṣṇa. There is nothing sinful for Krṣṇa. How it is? The example is given generally, just like the sun. There is no contamination for the sun. There is no possibility of the sun being contaminated, or the sun being dark. This is a material thing. So how Krṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, He can be contaminated by any kind of sinful action? God is good. There cannot be any sinful action. Sometimes less intelligent class of men, they criticize Krṣṇa, "Why Krṣṇa did it?" Yes, Krṣṇa is God. He can do anything, whatever He likes. Your laws cannot restrict Krṣṇa. You may... For you there may be so many restrictive laws, but for Krṣṇa there is no restrictive law. He can surpass all restrictive regulations. This question was put to Parikṣit Maharaja after rasa-lila that "Krṣṇa came to establish the principles of moral and religious life. How He enjoyed the company of so many young girls who were not...? They were wives of other persons. So how it is so?" So the answer was given that Krṣṇa cannot be contaminated. Rather, anything comes to Krṣṇa, even with contaminated mind, becomes purified. The same example: the sun cannot be contaminated, but anything contaminated, if you put into the sunshine, it becomes purified. So you approach Krṣṇa with any desire... Akamaḥ; sarva-kamo va [SB 2.3.10]. The gopis... Of course, that is not this material thing. Still, as young girls, they were captivated by the beauty of Krṣṇa. So they approached Krṣṇa with a view to accept Him as parmour. But actually, they became purified.

So some way or other, if we can develop our Krṣṇa consciousness, then immediately we become purified. That is the process. Krṣṇa gives chance to everyone. Just like Kaṁsa. Kaṁsa was thinking of Krṣṇa. He was also Krṣṇa conscious, always thinking of Krṣṇa, "Oh, how shall I find out Krṣṇa? I shall kill Him." That was his business. That is the asuric mentality. Asuriṁ bhavam asritaḥ;. But he also became purified. He got salvation. The same example again: somehow or other, if you come to the sunlight, you become purified and you get warmth. Not that sun becomes contaminated by you. No. That is not possible. Sun is so powerful that even you are contaminated... You cannot contaminate the sun. Tejiyasaṁ na doṣaya [SB 10.33.29]. When one is very powerful, there is no contamination. Therefore here it is said, apapa-viddhaṁ suddham. Always purified, Krṣṇa. This is also explained in the Bhagavad-gita when Arjuna accepted Krṣṇa, paraṁ dhama pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavan: "You are the supreme pure." Pavitraṁ paramam.

So same thing is here. The Vedic literature is not contradictory. Whatever you find in Brahma-saṁhita, the same thing you'll find in Isopaniṣad, the same thing you'll find Bhagavad-gita, same thing you'll find in other Vedic literature. It is our misunderstanding that we, sometimes we cannot understand. Otherwise, it is always the same truth spoken everywhere.

Thank you. Hare Krṣṇa. Chant. (kirtana) (end)

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