Bhagavad-gītā 7.6 – August 12, 1974, Vṛndāvana

Krishna-Our Personal Powerhouse

Pradyumna: Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya. Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya. Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

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Translation: "Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world..."

Prabhupada: [aside:] You can explain in Hindi this verse, so that others may hear in Hindi. Or you can come here. Speak it in English first. [break]

So Krsna has explained that He is the source of two energies-the material energy and the spiritual energy. The material energy, consisting of earth, water, air, fire, mind, intelligence and ego; and the spiritual energy, jiva-bhūta, the living entities. The spiritual energy is described as superior, and material energy is described as inferior. But both of them are energies. Energy means it is controlled; it is generated. Just like electric energy. Electric energy, it is very powerful. Even by touching electric energy one is shockened immediately. So, but still that electric energy is generated through a source, and the source we call the executive engineer, or the resident engineer, in the electric powerhouse. So Krsna says that source of energy, or the resident engineer, like the electric powerhouse, that is Krsna. In another place in the Tenth Chapter it is stated,

Both the prakrtis-the superior prakrti, para-prakrti, and apara-prakrti-both of them are working under the superintendence of Krsna. Therefore Krsna says that "Both these energies, I am the source." Aham...

Whatever you are seeing within this material world, that is combination of this material and spiritual energy. Without spiritual energy, the material energy has no power. Therefore the spiritual energy is superior. But both of them are being controlled by Krsna. Although there is nothing in this material world which is beyond these two energies, material and spiritual… Anything you take, a big machine, just like we have got experience the airplane, 747-big as it is a small village. Not small; a big, big village. Five hundred people, five hundred passengers are carried with their luggage-a huge airplane. This is latest. Now what is this big machinery? It is combination of these two energies: the pilot is the spiritual energy, and the machine, the plane, is material energy. Everyone can understand. It is very simple. Anything. Etad-yonini sarvani. Unless there are these two energies, there is no existence of anything. Anything you take. Just like this electric fan. Electric fan is made of metal. That is material energy. But unless I touch the button or I push the plug into electricity, it will not work.

So combination of two energies, material and the spiritual-anything. Therefore Krsna says, etad-yonini sarvani. Not exception; everything. That is the combination of two energies, material and spiritual. And aham krtsnasya: "But these two energies are generated by Me. Therefore I am the source of everything." As it is…, Vedanta-sūtra it is said, to find out the original source of everything-athato brahma-jijnasa. That original source is here, Krsna. Krsna says, aham. Aham krtsnasya jagataḥ. The whole universe, the whole cosmic manifestation, prabhavaḥ. Prabhavaḥ means "generation." The same thing, just like the electric light. I push the button: switch on, switch off. As soon as switch off, everything is dark. And as soon as switch on, it is light. Similarly, Krsna says, jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ. Prabhavaḥ: on; the creation goes on. And as soon as He wants, this creation is off, immediately. That is the srsti-sthiti-pralaya-sadhana-sakti [Bs 5.44]. So everything is there. Parasya saktir vividhaiva srūyate [Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.8]. He is the source of the switch on and switch off.

That nisvasita-kalam athavalambya, that is the switch on and switch off. Inhaling and exhaling, Maha-Visnu. By His exhaling, whole universe is coming out into existence, and by His inhaling it is all entering within His body. Prakrtim mam eka, it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. Everything enters into the body of the Maha-Visnu during the pralaya. Again it is coming, bhūtva bhūtva praliyate [Bg 8.19]. This world, this material world, in this way, as you have got experience, this body. Body is manifested at a certain date, and it will be annihilated at a certain date. So similarly, the huge cosmic manifestation, that is created at a certain date, and it will be annihilated at a certain date. Jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tatha.

So Krsna is the original source of prabhavaḥ pralaya. But Krsna is not under this prabhava and pralaya. This should be understood. Aham evasam evagre [SB 2.9.33]. It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that… Therefore Krsna is not within this creation. From Him is created, and He existed before the creation. Because if you say Krsna is the source of creation, or if we understand that, then He is beyond creation. So His body is not of this created energy. That is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, sambhavamy atma-mayaya [Bg 4.6]; that is spiritual energy. Krsna is spiritual energy. Krsna is not subjected to this creation and annihilation. Therefore Krsna says, janma karma me divyam [Bg 4.9].

Divyam means that is transcendental. Yo janati tattvataḥ. Tattvataḥ means because Krsna is the creator and annihilator... To understand Krsna, that He is not subjected to this material creation and annihilation, this is tattvataḥ. Janma karma me divyam. We are born, and we die. That is under this principle, prabhavaḥ pralayas tatha. But Krsna is not like that.

Therefore Krsna said,

Because He has come as a human being for the benefit of the human society:

He comes because He is interested. We are living entities. We are Krsna's part and parcel. So He is very much interested with our sufferings. Duḥkhalayam asasvatam [Bg 8.15]. We are rotting in this material world, although we are eternal, nityo nityanam. Krsna is the supreme nitya, and we are plural number, nityanam. We are also, because part and parcel of Krsna. So nitya. Our nature is nitya,

This is our nature. We should understand this. We are not subjected to birth and death, but we are. Why we are subjected to birth and death? This question was raised by Sanatana Gosvami to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. 'Ke ami', 'kene amaya jare tapa-traya' [Cc Madhya 20.102]: "I am not subjected…, I do not want all these miserable condition of life, but why I am forced to accept it?" This is the question of life, athato brahma-jijnasa.

But people are not interested. That is not very good civilization. They do not inquire the prime necessities of life. They do not inquire, "Why shall I die? If I am nitya, if I am eternal, sasvataḥ, puranaḥ, the oldest"-na hanyate hanyamane sarire-"if I do not die, if I am not annihilated after the death, after annihilation of this body, then why my body is annihilated? Why I am subjected to birth, death?" This is the problem.

But we are not inquisitive. This is our foolishness. Mūḍha. They do not know what is the problem of life. They are fighting in politics. Politics-created problems. There is everything… One party is thinking that "If I am the government, I shall make everything all right." But nobody knows the real problem, so they are fighting-all over the world. When I was [in] Rome, the same thing. There was a fighting between the Fascists and the Communists, and immediately, six person died by fighting. This is going on in ignorance. Mūḍha. They do not know what is the problem of life, and unnecessarily they are creating temporary problems and fighting on them. They do not know what is Krsna.

Therefore this Krsna consciousness movement is the supermost enlightening movement to the human society. Supermost. They are putting actually what is this problem, and solution of the problem. Solution of the problem means… Real problem is birth, death, old age and disease. So solution of problem means that if you don't get this material body, then this is the solution. So long… That is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam:

This deha-dehino 'smin yatha dehe-this deha, klesada, it is always miserable. That we do not know. We know, we experience, it is klesada, which gives klesa, miserable conditions, but we are callous on this point. We are fighting on superficial problems, created problem. There is no problem. Here, pūrnam idam, pūrnam idam pūrnam adaḥ pūrnat pūrnam udacyate . Everything is complete there. There is no cause. Just like the birds, beasts, they have no problem; but the problem of birth, death is there. Otherwise there is no problem in the beast society, bird society, animal society, aquatic society. They are living. The problem is birth, death. That is even in the, what is called, Brahmaloka. Brahma also will also die.

So that is real problem. The human society should consider. That is human society, that they are…, they must try to solve the problems of birth and death. And that is very easy. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita: very easy.

You try to understand Krsna. This is the land of Krsna. You foreigners, you have come here. You just take shelter of Krsna and try to understand Krsna, then your all problem solved. Krsna is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gita. Here is the another explanation:

But mūḍha, avajananti, "Ah, He is a person. How He can be the source of everything?" But he does not know what kind of person He is. Param bhavam ajananto. The rascals, they do not know what is Krsna. But try to understand Krsna, then all problems will be solved, both material and spiritual.

Sri Krsna is so kind.

Krsna descended. Krsna came here in this Vrndavana land. He explained Himself in the Battle of Kuruksetra, and also here, also. Everywhere. He is explaining, and He is practically demonstrating, this Vrndavana-lila. So try to understand Krsna, and your problems will be solved, because He is the origin of everything.

So the Krsna consciousness movement is simply to understand Krsna. And that will be very easy, as it is introduced by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: krsnotkirtana-gana. Param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam [Siksastaka 1]. Very easy. Param vijayate: simply by chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra.

Simply by chanting. This is the special advantage of this age, Kali-yuga. It is very bad age. It is very bad. The people are suffering. Durbhiksa-kara-piḍitaḥ [SB 12.2.9]. One side there is scarcity of food, and one side there is heavy taxation by the government. These are stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: durbhiksa-kara-piḍitaḥ.

In this age we'll be so much disturbed, more and more, by durbhiksa, anavrsti. There will be scarcity of rain, and there will be no food production, and on the other side, government will present every six months a big budget, big: "Give me tax." This is the position. Durbhiksa-kara… Anavrstya, durbhiksa-kara-piḍitaḥ. Acchinna-dara-dravina yasyanti giri-kananam. People will be mad, they'll be so much… But that is our karma-phal. Karma-phal. Because we do not hear Krsna. We do not hear Krsna. Krsna is giving solution of all the problems, but we do not hear Krsna. Therefore the Krsna consciousness movement is the source of solution, is the means of solution of all problem. So if you simply try to understand. Here is Krsna explains,

The next verse will be explained that if you think, just like the Mayavadis, they think that Krsna has taken a form; ultimately the Absolute Truth is impersonal, that is formless. But Krsna denies that. Krsna says,

If you think that above Krsna there is impersonal Brahman, that is wrong idea. Krsna says, mattaḥ parataram: "There is no more superior truth than Me." That means the Personality of God is the ultimate truth. That is understood by Arjuna, that "Nobody can understand Your personality." That is mūḍha.

The abuddhayaḥ, less intelligent class of men, they think that "I was avyaktam, impersonal. Now I have assumed a form." No. He is originally the form: Krsna, dvi-bhuja murlidhara; Krsna, the friend of the gopis and the cowherds boy and the son of Nanda Maharaja, son of mother Yasoda. He is a person.

The Absolute Truth, they are understood from three angles of vision:

Bhagavan is the ultimate. Therefore Krsna says,

Therefore take to Krsna, Syamasundara, and worship Him. Your all problems will be solved.

Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya Srila Prabhupada. [end]