This is called tri-kala-jna: past, present and future. So Yamaraja or Lord Brahma or great personalities, they, even great sages, saintly persons, they know the three features of time. Just like yesterday I told you that there is an astrological system; immediately they will speak what I was in my previous life, what I am now and what will be my future life. So Yamaraja is not ordinary person. He is given in charge; he is also one of the authorities out of twelve authorities. Balih vaiyasakir vayam. He is one of the authorities about religious performances. So he knows everything even from within his mind, manasaiva purva-rupam vipasyati, what this person was in the past, because everything is going on exactly on the rulings of the prakrti, material nature. It cannot be changed. Tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramatam upary adhah [SB 1.5.18]. This is called destiny. So destiny cannot be changed. With the insight of destiny Yamaraja can understand what was this man previously, what is his position now, and what he's going to become in future. Anumimamsate 'purvam. Apurvam means that which is not yet in vision. Apurvam, future. Manasa bhagavan ajah. That is also... So therefore he can give judgment within a second. After death those who are sinful they are taken to the Yamaraja's. Just like in the criminal court, those who are criminals, they are taken there. Thieves, rogues, cheaternot ordinary persons, honest personsthey are not taken there. Similarly, only a few number of the whole human society. Now in the Kali-yuga it is increasing. In the Satya-yuga, Satya-yuga, there was no criminal. Everyone was paramahamsa. Then, in the next yuga, Treta-yuga, seventy-five percent paramahamsa, first class; twenty-five percent this third class, fourth class. And then in the Dvapara, half and half. Now in the Kali-yuga, seventy-five percent all rogues and thieves. Maybe twenty-five percent, that is also decreasing. And with the advancement of Kali-yuga, it will be practically nil. This is advancement of Kali-yuga.

So Supersoul, and there are many other witnesses. We cannot avoid. That we have discussed already. The sun is witness, the moon is witness, the day is witness, the directions are witness. We cannot avoid any one of them. So we must know what is sinful activities, what we should do, what is religious, what is not religious. On the whole, if we, I mean to say, intelligent, then we can learn from Bhagavad-gita that we become all perfect as soon as we surrender to Krsna. Bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate [Bg. 7.19]. If we take this... Krsna comes here on this planet. When He comes within this universe He comes on this planet, and He appears in Vrndavana. So these are special features of this planet. So He comes to give us enlightenment. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavaty bharata, tadatmanam srjamy aham [Bg. 4.7]. He comes, He's so kind, and gives us instruction. The most confidential instruction is to surrender to Krsna. Then our life is successful.

Simply by this understanding, kevalaya bhaktya.

Agham dhunvanti, this material life means full of sinful activities. Either little... Sinful activities are sinful activities. It may be, according to the material calculation, these are good sinful activities and these are bad sinful activities. No, sinful activities are sinful activities. And what is our sinful activity? As soon as we forget Krsna, everything we do, that is sinful. Na mam duskrtino prapadyante naradhamah. This is the criterion, test, that if one is not Krsna conscious, if he's not a surrendered soul to Krsna, whatever activities they are doing, that is all sinful. This is the conclusion. So we should always remain in full understanding, that whether our time is being properly utilized in Krsna consciousness. Then we axe saved. Otherwise we are under the clutches of maya, and Yamaraja is there, and immediately we get a certain type of body for another term of suffering.