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So anyone who is being educated, anyone who is engaged in research work for the benefit of the whole human society... Idam hi pumsas tapasaḥ srutasya va ca buddhi-dattayoḥ. Or somebody is giving in charity, opening hospital, schools, or other good, good purposes, ca buddhi-dattayoḥ. So why they are doing that? What is the purpose? The purpose is avicyutaḥ arthaḥ. Avicyuta means infallible, and artha means purpose. Avicyutaḥ arthaḥ kavibhir nirūpitaḥ. It is ascertained, the purpose. Why one should be engaged in research work? Why one should be engaged in getting good education? Why one should perform charity, or why one should be intelligent? This is higher-class activities. So what is the purpose? The purpose, it is said, kavibhir nirūpitaḥ: "By high-class scholars, they have ascertained." What is it? Yad uttama-sloka-gunanuvarnanam: "God is to be worshiped simply by glorifying Him by the best words, uttama-sloka." Not that "My dear God, You have no eyes. You have no leg. You have no hand. You have no mouth." What is this? It is the indirect way of insulting God. (More...)

So Kunti has all along... Very selected words she used. That we should learn. That is the injunction of the sastras, uttama-sloka. Therefore Krsna's another name is bhagavaty uttama-sloke bhaktir bhavati naisthiki [SB 1.2.18]. The best words. Actually, if you love somebody, out of love you cannot use anything, means any word, which is not very much appreciated. So... And they are all applicable. It is not like the logic, kana-chelera nama padma-locana[?]: one man has got a child who is blind, but he has given the name Padma-locana, "lotus-eyed." Not like that. The selected words which Kunti has used, it is not improper. They are properly used. Just like here is one word used, Vaikuntha. Krsna's another name is Vaikuntha, or God's another name is Vaikuntha. Vaikuntha means vigata-kuntha hy asmat. Therefore spiritual world is called Vaikuntha. And the material world is duḥkhalayam asasvatam [Bg 8.15]. (More...)

So here also, Krsna is described as Vaikuntha. If one takes shelter of Krsna, then he also become Vaikuntha. Samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam. He becomes assured of his safety. Krsna is Vaikuntha. So prthaya ittham kala-padaiḥ. And we should not try to insult God. We should try to glorify God in glorified language. That I have already explained. Uttama-sloka-gunanuvadat. Don't try to speak nonsense and describe God. No. God is never daridra. How He can be daridra? If you describe daridra-narayana, it is a blasphemy. No. Uttama-sloka. Just like Kunti has described, krsna-sakha: "You are the friend of Arjuna." That is the proper explanation. Gopi, gopi-vallabha: "Krsna, You are always prepared to please the gopis." Yasoda-nandana. Yasoda-nandana vraja-jana-ranjana. These are the description. "Krsna, You are the son of Yaso..." Krsna takes pride. Krsna, when His name is attached with the activities of a devotee, He becomes very much pleased. But sometimes Krsna is called Kamsa-nisūdana, Madhusūdana, Kamsari. That is also Krsna's pleasure. He appears to be enemy, Kamsari, to the demons. (More...)

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