But we are not bluffed in that way. We follow the shastric injunction, what is Narayana. We cannot accept Narayana as daridra. Daridra-narayana. What is this? Narayana is the husband of the goddess of fortune. Laksmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami [Bs. 5.29]. How Narayana can become daridra? So these are manufactured words. You cannot find all these words in the sastra. They are manufactured, concoction. So we are not concerned with this concoction. Yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya. We must follow the sastras, the mahajana. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah [Cc. Madhya 17.186]. We are not perfect. Therefore we have to follow the footprints of the perfect. And that is given in the sastra, whom you have to follow.

So we have to understand the philosophy through the sampradaya. Sampradaya-vihina ye mantras te nisphala matah. If you don't accept... In ordinary life also, in political field, to develop, one has to accept a party, this party or that Congress Party, or Jana-sanga Party, or this party. So the aim is the same. Aim is the same, to serve the country, to develop your country, but still, there are parties. Similarly, the aim is the same: to understand what is our relationship with God. But the development is made by different parties. So the parties are, must be bona fide. As Krsna says, His party:

If we want to understand the real fact, then we must receive from the parampara system. Just like we have got our genealogical table. I understand my great-great-grandfather by the parampara system. Not that I manufacture some name. No. Therefore Krsna says that imam, evam parampara-praptam [Bg. 4.2]. The Bhagavad-gita, knowledge must be received by the parampara system, as it was spoken by Krsna and as it has been received by the later acaryas. Although there are different parties... Just like the Sri-sampradaya, Brahma-sampradaya, Rudra-sampradaya. They are all in agreement that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All these acaryas. They'll not say anything that "Because I belong to Brahma-sampradaya, I speak something else." No. We are all in agreement that krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [SB 1.3.28]. That is accepted.

So Krsna said to Arjuna: sa kaleneha yogo nastah parantapa. "In due..., in course of time, that parampara system has been lost, or broken. Therefore," Krsna said, "I am speaking the old truth unto you so that you begin the parampara system again." So we have to accept Bhagavad-gita by the parampara system. Even the old system is broken, still, it is existing because Krsna is speaking to Arjuna, and we have to understand Bhagavad-gita as Arjuna understood. Then you are in the parampara. And if you understand Bhagavad-gita as some so-called scholar understands, then you are not understanding Bhagavad-gita. You are understanding something nonsense, wasting your time. This is the fact. If you try to understand Bhagavad-gita as Arjuna understood... That is not difficult. Arjuna's understanding is there in the Bhagavad-gita. So if you follow the footprints of Arjuna, then you are rightly understanding Bhagavad-gita. But if you are following the footprints of some rascal, then you are not understanding Bhagavad-gita. You are understanding something else. This is the secret. Here we have got so many commentaries on Bhagavad-gita, as one thinks. As if Krsna left Bhagavad-gita to be commented by some rascals to understand! Why? He said Bhagavad-gita clearly. Why it is to be interpreted by some rascals? Did Krsna mean that "I leave Bhagavad-gita ambiguous and some learned scholar will come. He will explain"? What is this nonsense? Everything is clear. Bhagavad-gita, in the beginning it is said that

But because one has got some whims, he wants to fulfill his whims on the authority of Bhagavad-gita, he interprets in a different way. Therefore we are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is, without nonsensically interpreting. Therefore it is being effective. Before me, many swamis went to the Western countries to preach this Bhagavad-gita. Not a single person became a devotee of Krsna. Not a single person. There is not in the history. And now Bhagavad-gita is being presented as it is, thousands are becoming devotee of Krsna. This is the secret. People give me credit that "Swamiji, you have done wonderful. Nobody could do it." I am not a wonderful man. Neither I do know anything magic. I have presented Bhagavad-gita as it is. That's all. This is the secret. Anyone can do that. You present the thing as it is. Don't adulterate it. Then it will be accepted. Just like paramanna, ksira. Ksira is very nice food, but if you adulterate it with some grains of sand, it is spoiled. It is spoiled.

So that was being done. Bhagavad-gita is the science of God, the spiritual science. But it was being adulterated by so many grains of sands. So people could not understand it. We do not present Bhagavad-gita with some adulteration. Krsna says, bhakto 'si priyo 'si arjuna. Krsna is instructing Arjuna to begin the parampara system because the parampara system was supposed to be broken. People misunderstood. Or some way or other, it was broken. As it is going on now also. So Krsna said that "I shall speak to you this same old philosophy of Bhagavad-gita again." "Why unto me?" Why Krsna selected Arjuna? There are many others, learned scholars. Now, Krsna says, bhakto 'si priyo 'si. Krsna was a military man, er, Arjuna was a military man. He was not a Vedantist. He was a grhastha, not even a sannyasi. Why Krsna selected to instruct Arjuna as the disciple of the renovated parampara system? That is also spoken by Krsna: bhakto 'si priyo 'si me [Bg. 4.3], rahasyam etad uttamam: "Because you are My dear friend, because you are My devotee, you can understand the mysteries of Bhagavad-gita." Krsna did not select a so-called Vedantist to understand Bhagavad-gita. Because Arjuna was not a Vedantist. He was a military man. He's not supposed to become a great philosopher. He was a grhastha. But the real qualification is to become a devotee of Krsna. Then one can understand what is Bhagavad-gita. Not by so-called knowledge. No. Knowledge is not perfect unless one understands Krsna. That is not knowledge. That is still illusion. Therefore in the Bhagavad-gita it is said, bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate [Bg. 7.19]. Mam prapadyate: "He surrenders unto Me." Vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah [Bg. 7.19]. When one understands Krsna, Vasudeva, as everything, as the origin of everything, janmady asya yatah [SB 1.1.1], then his knowledge is perfect. And so long he's hovering here and there, without any understanding of Krsna, his knowledge is not perfect. That perfection of knowledge is attained, as it is described by Krsna: bahunam janmanam ante [Bg. 7.19].

So Bhagavad-gita is to be understood by the parampara system. Sri-bhagavan uvaca. Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Bhagavan, sad-aisvarya-purna. He has no defects because He is in full knowledge. Aisvaryasya samagrasya viryasya yasasah sriyah jnana (Visnu Purana 6.5.47). He has got full knowledge. Vedaham samatitani... [Bg. 7.26]. He says that "I know past, present, futureeverything." This past, present and future, knowledge, how Krsna knew, that was also proved. When Krsna said that "I spoke this philosophy to Vivasvan..." Vivasvan means to the sun-god, in the beginning, before Manu. That means about forty thousand millions of years ago, according to Manu-samhita. Then Arjuna inquired, "My dear Krsna, we are contemporaries. We are born some years ago. How is thatYou instructed the sun-god, Vivasvan, this philosophy?" This inquiry was made by Arjuna. Why? How Krsna knows the past so long, long years ago? So Krsna replied that "Yes, at that time, you were also present, but you have forgotten. I have not forgotten." That is the difference between ordinary human being and God. That is the difference. God does not forget past, present, future. God knows future. God knows past. And present, what to speak of? In the Second Chapter you'll find also. Krsna says that "It is not that you, Me and all these kings and soldiers were not existing in the past. And we are existing at present. And it is not that we shall not existed in the future." These are the things.

So if you try to understand Bhagavad-gita as it is, then we get some benefit. Not some benefit: the ultimate benefit. What is the purpose of Bhagavad-gita? Krsna has come. Krsna's instructing Arjuna. Aiming at Arjuna, He's instructing the whole world. What is the position of the living entities, what is our constitutional position? We are all living entities, and Krsna is God. What is Krsna's position? What is our position? What is this material nature? What is the time factor? What is our activities? These things are very nicely explained. Prakrti, purusa, jiva, and time, and karma. These five things are very nicely described. So prakrti is also eternal. Prakrti means the energy, energy of the Supreme. That is described in the Seventh Chapter, that

So Krsna is the energetic, and these two prakrtis are working. Therefore they are also eternal. Krsna is eternal, sanatana, these prakrtis are also eternal. And one prakrti, we living entities, we superior energy. Why superior? Yayedam dharyate jagat. Because we living entities, we are trying to lord it over the material nature. Material nature is being used by us. Therefore the material nature is inferior and we are superior. We are superior energy, prakrti. We are not the Purusa. The Mayavada philosophers, they want to make the prakrti as purusa. No. Krsna is Purusa; we are all prakrtis. As I told you, that we have to understand Krsna as Arjuna understood. Arjuna understood... That is described in the Tenth Chapter: param brahma, param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan, purusam [Bg. 10.12]. "You are the only purusa." Enjoyer. Purusa means enjoyer. And prakrti means enjoyed. Purusa means the predominator, and prakrti means the predominated. So we are predominated. We are not predominator. If the predominated wants to become predominator, that is false. That is illusion. That is going on. Everyone, all our, all living entities, we are trying to become predominator instead of being predominated. That is the struggle for existence. And as soon as we become, we agree to become predominated, there is peace immediately. That is called mukti.

The description of mukti is given in the Bhagavad..., Srimad-Bhagavatam: muktir hitva anyatha-rupam svarupena vyavasthitih [SB 2.10.6]. That is mukti. Mukti means if you give up the artificial endeavor to become predominator and become situated in your original position, being predominated. Artificially... Suppose a woman is trying to become man artificially, how long it will go on? How she can be happy? That is not possible. Actually, in the Western countries at least we see that the woman class, they want equal rights with men. And there is. There is no distinction. But it is my experience, the woman class, they are not happy in the Western countries. And still in our country, although we are so fallen, still our woman class remains satisfied. Being predominated, they are happy. They are happy. That is my practical experience. So I do not wish to discuss this point very much, but according to our Manu-samhita, it is said that women should not be free. Na stri svatantryam arhati: "Svatantryam is not allowed to the woman class." Actually, we have seen, and by experience, those who are under the domination of the father when they, still they are not married, they are happy. Those who are under the domination of the husband after being married, they're happy. And those who are under the domination of elderly children, they are happy. So this statement of Manu-samhita... Just like children should not be given freedom, similarly, woman should not be given freedom. They should be given all protection. That is our Vedic culture.

Similarly, prakrti... Just, this is an example. Here, either man or woman, everyone is prakrti. The real purusa is Krsna. And there is a nice example. When Rupa Gosvami was there in Vrndavana in his bhajana, Mirabhai went to see him. And Rupa Gosvami's message was that he does not see any woman. They were very strict. At least, the story is like... So Mira challenged that "I came to Vrndavana. I know that only Krsna is purusa here, and everyone is woman. So how does it mean that Rupa Gosvami's declined to see another woman?" So Rupa Gosvami agreed, "Yes, I am mistaken. Yes, Krsna is the only purusa." So purusa means the enjoyer, and prakrti means the instrument of enjoyment, prakrti, energy. Just like here we see one man is very big, rich man, but he's enjoyer by utilizing his energy. Similarly, the whole cosmic situation, whole creation is..., the supreme enjoyer is God.

Therefore Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita,

So this Krsna consciousness movement, we are preaching all over the world that Krsna is the origin. The Vedanta-sutra says: "The Absolute Truth is that from whom everything is emanating," janmady asya yatah [SB 1.1.1], and it is accepted by everyone: "Krsna is the Purusa, the original person." Brahma says in his Brahma-samhita. Brahma is supposed to be the original person within this universe. He accepts Krsna: sarva-karana-karanam [Bs. 5.1].

Thank you very much. Hare Krsna. (devotees offer obeisances) [break]

So I shall request you, all respectable gentlemen present here, that there is very good prospect of preaching this Krsna consciousness movement all over the world. That is my experience after working for the last four or five years. So our countrymen also, those who are leaders, those who are thoughtful, philosophers, scientists, they should try to understand this Krsna philosophy. That is my request. It is very clear to understand the science of God. Why you should neglect and by, mislead ourself by understanding some misleading interpretation? That is my mission. I want to establish throughout the world that krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [SB 1.3.28]. Here is Bhagavan. Why you are searching after Bhagavan? Here is Bhagavan. I give the name and address of Bhagavan. His father's name and everything. Why you are being misled? Where is the scope for searching out where is Bhagavan? Here is Bhagavan. Sri-bhagavan uvaca. Therefore in the Bhagavad-gita it is said... It does not say krsna uvaca. Sri-bhagavan uvaca. Its name is Bhagavad-gita, spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhagavad-gita. Sankaracarya says: bhagavad-gita kincid adita.(?) Sankaracarya says. Kincid adita. If, if somebody wants to understand Bhagavan he must read Bhagavad-gita. Kincid adita. He never challenges Krsna. So we have to understand the whole thing, whole philosophy, whole science of God through Bhagavad-gita. Then our life is perfect. Why Sankaracarya says bhagavad-gita kincid adita? Why? Can you say? [break] ...little of Bhagavad-gita.