Here it is said that jihva ekatah acyuta. The first important sense is jihva, means tongue. So tongue is attracted by so many varieties of foodstuff. That is our good experience. As soon as you go out in the street, you'll find so many restaurants. Why so many restaurants? How they are going on? Because we have got the tongue, and the restaurant business can go on very nicely, attracting the tongue. Especially in Bombay you'll find. Practically every alternate shop is a restaurant. Similarly, I have seen in Germany, Hamburg. Every alternative shop is a drinking shop. (laughter) Trinken?

Bhaktivinoda Thakura therefore says that we have got our senses, they are acting as enemies because the senses are misleading me. My senses are meant for serving Krsna, but the maya is misleading me, that "Why should you engage your senses in the service of Krsna? You engage your senses in my service." Our position is to serve. That you cannot change, because we are made for giving service. We are not made for becoming master. But unfortunately every one of us is trying to be master by falsely engaging the service, especially the karmis. The karmis, they're working so hard day and night. Everywhere you see, they are working day and night. But the purpose is how to become master. They cannot become master, but the ambition is how to become master, how to become the richest man like such and such big man. This is going... This is called struggle for existence. Everyone is trying to become the master. Nobody is trying to become a servant. Ask anyone that "Why you are working so hard?" "No, I shall get so much money, I shall become very wealthy, I shall have so many servants, so many workers, and I shall control over them." That is trying to become master. Therefore the jihva, in the very beginning, jihva, the tongue, should be controlled. If we can control the tongue, then other senses will be automatically controlled.

In the sastra it is said that atah sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih [Cc. Madhya 17.136]. These present indriyas, senses, they're misled. They are misled in different way. Although I am serving, but I am serving my senses. My position is not master but servant. I am trying to become master, but I have already become servant of my senses. So instead of becoming servant of Krsna, I have become the servant of my senses. So my position as servant is there. Is it not? I am maintaining because I cannot change it. Suppose... Just like a woman. If a woman dresses like a man, does it mean that he (she) has become a man? No. Woman is woman; man is man. Simply by changing dress we cannot do that. Similarly, our constitutional position is to serve. And to serve whom? Krsna. That is our constitutional position. But falsely we are trying to become master. Therefore, instead of becoming master, I have become the servant of my senses. This is our position. So the master is sense. The jihva is my master. He is asking, "Why don't you come to this restaurant." "No, no, my belly is already filled up." "No, you must come." (laughter) You'll see. A man is coming from home after sumptuously eating, and as soon as he comes to the street, immediately he enters a restaurant and drinks a cup of tea and few biscuit or... Why? What is the necessity? You are already filled up in your belly, and still, again, immediately you are... "No, it is very palatable." So you are servant of your tongue. "Because it is palatable, although my belly is already filled up, so I must satisfy my tongue."

So I am master... I'm not master; I'm servant of the tongue. Then just below the belly there is one genital. He has used it with his wife, and still, he goes to the prostitute. Servant. "Let us have some new taste." For tasting new sex enjoyment, people simply travel from one place to another. Especially nowadays, I have got experience in Delhi. I have seen. The foreigners, they are coming, ordering the manager that "I want this, I want that, because I have come here by the dictation of my genital." People go to ParisI know many gentlemenfor satisfying the genital. So genital has become my master, the tongue has become my master, the hand has become my master, the leg has become my master, so I am the servant of so many masters. So my position is very precarious. How can you satisfy so many masters? Eh? Even in the animal kingdom, they are also servant, but they are servant of one sense. That is also described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Just like the fish. The fish is only strongly under the servitude of the tongue. Therefore the fishing tackle gives something eatable, and the fish immediately... It is not that it is hungry, but because the fish is so greedysomething nonsense is there in tacklehe immediately..., and becomes caught up. Due to the strong inclination of eating, he loses his life. As soon as he's caught up, that... Similarly, other animal... Just like the deer is very fond of hearing nice music. The hunters play very nice music, and they come to hear, and he kills. So one is losing the life for strong tongue dictation, one is losing life for ear, and the elephant is captured by sex. You cannot capture elephant; it is very strong animal. But there is trained she-elephant. She allures the male elephant, and for sex the male elephant follows, and tactfully the elephant is put into a hole. He falls down. Then he is captured. Then for life he becomes a slave. Such a big animal, so strong, but by the trick of human being he becomes slave. So similarly, there is analysis. The one particular animal is strongly under the influence of a particular sense, but so far we human being, we are such a big animal that we are servant of all the senses. All the senses. An animal is servant of one sense, but the rational animal, because they are rational, rascal, rational... What is rationality? They cannot see even that "The animal is servant of one sense, and because I am rational animal, I have become servant of all the senses. I am utilizing my rationality in that way."

So this is our position. Prahlada Maharaja is analyzing very nicely. We are servant eternally, but krsna bhuliya jiva bhoga vancha kare, pasate maya tare japatiya dhare. As soon as we forget this principle, that "I am eternal servant of Krsna..." This material life means this forgetfulness. I am serving, it is a fact. And because I am serving my senses, that... Big, big leaders... Just like in your Western countries, there was Napoleon, there was Hitler, there was Mussolini, here also, big, big leaders, but what they are? Big, big servants of the senses, that's all. Big, big servants of the senses. Therefore Bhagavata has said, sva-vid-varahostra-kharaih samstutah purusah pasuh [SB 2.3.19]. Purusah pasuh: "These big, big leaders are big, big animals, that's all." Samstutah purusah pasuh. So there are many instructive verses in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Therefore Srimad-Bhagavatam should be your life and soul to remain constantly in Krsna consciousness, yes, the unique gift of Sri Vyasadeva. Kalau nasta-drsam eva puranarkah adhuna uditah.

So therefore we have to purify our senses. Unless we purify our senses, we'll be disturbed by the demands of the sensesone side, the tongue; one side, the ear; one side, the eyes; one side, the nose; one side, the hand; one side, the leg. The example is given very nicely, that sapatnya iva geha-patim lunanti. Just like a man has got many wives. Here especially the ksatriyas, they marry many wives. There is purpose also. The ksatriyas are allowed in this way. Why? Because ksatriyas are... Generally they are king. They have got money to maintain many wives. They can do it. And they eat also very first-class vitaminous food also, so they have energy. Even our Krsna, He also married as a ksatriya so many wives. So, not like Krsna or any other, but everyone wants to keep more than one wife. Everyone wants. That is his heart's desire. And if one is able actually, he keeps. But what is his position? That is described here, that bahvyah sapatnya iva geha-patim lunanti. Now suppose you have got one dozen wives. So when you come home the every wife is waiting: "My husband will come from work. I shall snatch him in my room by force. Last night he did not come. Now, this night, I shall forcefully bring in my room." So this man enters, and every wife is prepared to take the opportunity, so all of them come. So one catches one leg, another catches another leg, another, hand, another, mouth, another, hair, (laughter) and they're all snatching: "Come here, come here." So he's flat. So what is his position, just imagine. This example is given. Similarly, if all the senses, supposed to be my subordinate wife, they snatch the man, that "Just enjoy this. Just enjoy this. Enjoy this. Enjoy this," then what is the position? Most disturbed condition. So in such disturbed condition one should... What? One should take vow that "No more wife, that's all. I have suffered so much. Now no more wife. That's nice." Then the mind will be in peaceful condition. No more disturbance.

The whole Vedic civilization is an attempt to create peaceful condition of the mind so that "I can fix up my mind on the lotus feet of Krsna." This is Vedic civilization. Sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayor vacamsi vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane [SB 9.4.18]. This is... To control the senses... The mind is the central figure of the senses. So first of all you engage your mind on the lotus feet of Krsna. That is first business. So, sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayor vacamsi vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane. And you talk only of Krsna. Vikuntha-natha, vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane. Here it is said, naitan manas tava kathasu vikuntha-natha. So if we engage your talking capacity in the reading of Srimad-Bhagavatam or Bhagavad-gita, tava-katha, "Your words..." That we have got, sufficient subject matter for talking. If we do that instead of talking nonsense, "phish phish," if we talk simply of Krsna, take Bhagavad-gita and together... It doesn't matter, man or woman. Together, we simply... Just like we are doing now, if you simply talk of Krsna, that is the measure, the real remedial measure to control the jihva. Because Prahlada Maharaja is mentioning first of all, in the beginning, jihva. So if you can control the jihva, then you can control other senses very easily. This is the... Therefore Bhaktivinoda Thakura said, tara madhye jihva ati, lobhamoy sudurmati, tare jeta kothina somsare. Bhaktivinoda Thakura said, "Out of the all the senses, the tongue is very difficult to control, formidable enemy. So in order to control the tongue..." Krsna boda doyamoy, koribare jihva joy. "Just to control over the tongue," krsna bada doyamoy, koribare jihva, svaprasad anna dila bhai, "He has given nice prasada."

So sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayor vacamsi vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane [SB 9.4.18]. If we... This jihva is the first item, and if jihva, if the tongue, if we can control... Tongue must taste something very... That is another business of the tongue. And must chant or talk something. So if you talk of Krsna, if you chant Hare Krsna and if you give prasadam, the tongue will be controlled. This is our program, that let everyone chant Hare Krsna and let everyone take Krsna-prasadam. Then the jihva will be controlled. Here the jihva is so formidable, the first jihva is mentioned. So if you can control your tongue, then you can control your belly also. Because without control of the tongue... If you lock up, that "I shall not accept anything except prasadam," so if you go on the street and if you see hundreds and thousands of restaurant, you'll not be allured. "No more chop cutlet, finished, because I cannot take anything without being offered to Krsna." So automatically it becomes controlled. If we take this vow, that "I shall not eat anything which is not offered to Krsna..." Naturally Krsna does not take any chop cutlet, so you cannot offer it. Krsna personally says, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati [Bg. 9.26]. So you have to prepare foodstuff for Krsna from patram puspam phalam toyam, nothing else. Although He can eat... Krsna can eat fire also or anything, all devour. But Krsna prescribes for us that "You can give Me this in bhakti, with devotion and faith, then you'll be benefited." If Krsna eats from your hand, then your life is successful. If Krsna accepts any bit of service from you, then your life is successful. Immediately you become liberated, because bhakti is not for the conditioned soul. As soon as... Krsna therefore adds this word. Krsna is not hungry for eating anything from your hand. He's not hungry. But He wants to teach you how to become a bhakta. Mad-bhaktah. Man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah. He wants you to become His devotee. Then your life's problem is solved.

So therefore He is prepared to take anything, little, patram puspam phalam toyam [Bg. 9.26], so that you can begin to give something to Krsna. Krsna's neither hungry nor wants anything from you. For your benefit, for our benefit, Krsna is prepared to take a little leaf, little flower, little water, which is available anywhere all over the world, without any price. Even if I am very poor man I can pick up a flower, a little leaf, patram, and little fruit, and water is available everywhere. Everything is available. Krsna does not particularly say that "You give me such fruit, such flower." Any fruit, any flower, He's prepared to take, accept, provided you are a bhakta. Otherwise, even if you prepare very nice, palatable dishes, He'll not accept a single of it. It is the bhakti. Krsna is very much anxious to see that you have become a bhakta. Then your problem is solved. Because we are sons of Krsnaaham bija-pradah pita [Bg. 14.4]He's suffering more in one sense because we are suffering. Just like your son is on the bed suffering from some disease. The father and mother feels more pain than the son, if the father and mother is affectionate. So Krsna is so affectionate; therefore He comes. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata [Bg. 4.7]. When we forget Krsna, then He comes to convince us that "This is not good. You are trying to satisfy your senses. It will never end. Simply you'll be complicated from one body to another for satisfying senses, sometimes eating stool also. That is satisfaction of the senses. So this business will never make you happy. Better just surrender unto Me, and what I say, you do. Just begin your service. Surrender. Give Me something eatable." Patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati [Bg. 9.26]. This is the beginning. The Deity worship is the beginning of devotional service.

Therefore arcana, the Deity worship, very essential. Everyone should try. The system is: anyone comes to the temple, he brings something, patram puspam phalam toyam, just to offer to the Deity. It is the beginning. That is the beginning of love, dadati, give something. Dadati pratigrhnati bhunkte bhojayate caiva. This is the beginning of love. If I love you, I must give you something, and whatever you'll give me I shall accept it. Dadati pratigrhnati. So give something to Krsna and take His instruction. Dadati pratigrhnati. This is beginning of love. Therefore the Deity is there. The instruction is here. If people take advantage, automatically he becomes a devotee, a lover of Krsna. That is the success of life.

Thank you very much. (end)