So brahmadayah, Brahma is adi, adi-kavi. He was instructed by Krsna, tene brahma adi-kavaye. Lord Krsna, He instructed Brahma to spread knowledge, Vedic knowledge, all over the universe. Tene. Tene means broadcasted, expanded. So tene brahma, brahma means sabda-brahma, Vedas. Hrda, one may question how Brahma was instructed. So that is also stated, hrda. Hrda means from within the heart. So, therefore, Krsna is also caitya-guru, a guru, spiritual master, within the heart. Sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisthah. In the Bhagavad-gita, Krsna says that "I am situated in everyone's heart." Sarvasya ca aham hrdi sannivistah. Sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca [Bg. 15.15]. "From Me one can remember, one can forget." How is that? Krsna helps one to remember and one helps..., He helps one to forget. That is also replied in the Bhagavad-gita, ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham [Bg. 4.11]. If you want to forget Krsna, Krsna will give you facilities to forget Him forever. And if you want to remember Krsna, He will give you facilities to remember Him.

That means Krsna has given us little independence. Independence, because we are part and parcel of Krsna, and Krsna is fully independent, sva-rat. Janmady asya yatah anvayad itaratas ca arthesu abhijnah svarat [SB 1.1.1]. He is fully independent. But we are, because we are part and parcel of Krsna, we have got also little independence. That quality is there. Krsna does not touch that independence quality. You can utilize it. You can use it properly, you can misuse it also. That is independence. Krsna does not force that "You must do this." He can give you instruction. Just like Krsna gives instruction, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. Now it is my independence, I can give up everything, all other engagements, and I can simply surrender to Krsna. And I cannot also, I may not. If I don't like, Krsna does not interfere. Krsna says, "Whatever you like, you do." Yathecchasi tatha kuru [Bg. 18.63]. That is, Krsna says to Arjuna, "Now whatever you like you do." So this independence is always there.

Now when we misuse this independence... Our relationship with Krsna (is) to serve. Jivera svarupa haya nitya krsna-dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109]. Therefore Krsna orders, "You surrender!" Just like we sometimes order our servants or subordinates, sons, disciples, "You do this! Don't talk!" So Krsna can order that because He is the Supreme. Any superior personality can order like that. But unfortunately, we misuse. We don't carry out the order of the superior. That is misuse. So any subordinate who does not carry the order of the master, he is dangerous. He is dangerous. That is spoken by Canakya Pandita, bhrtyas cottara-dayakah. Bhrtyas cottara-dayakah. Bhrtyah, subordinate, servant, if he is giving reply. Canakya Pandita, you know Canakya-sloka, he is a great politician as well as moral instructor. So he has said dusta bharya, his wife is dusta, polluted. Wife becomes polluted if she is attracted by somebody else more than her husband, she is called polluted. Dusta bharya satham mitram, and friend playing duplicity. Dusta bharya satham mitram bhrtyas cottara-dayakah, and servant replying to the order. Master says, "You do this first!" "Sir, we have got so many business, this and that, we shall do it." Oh, that is a dangerous thing.

So brahmadayah, everyone, everyone is servant of Krsna. That is stated in the Caitanya-caritamrta, ekale isvara krsna. Isvara means controller, order giver, that is one. Ekale isvara krsna ara saba bhrtya [Cc. Adi 5.142]. All others, they are... [break] ...it is said, siva-virinci-nutam saranyam bhrtyarti-ham, vande maha-purusa te caranaravindam [SB 11.5.33]. Siva-virinci-nutam. Brahma, virinci means Brahma and sivah means Lord Siva. They also offer obeisances unto the lotus feet of Krsna, Visnu. Om tad visnoh paramam padam. That is Rg Veda mantra, that Visnu is param padam, supreme. And Visnu is partial expansion of Lord Krsna. Maha-Visnu, not ordinary Visnu. There are different types of Visnu also. Maha-Visnu, from Maha-Visnu there is Garbhodak... Maha-Visnu is called Karanodakasayi Visnu. And this Karanodakasayi Visnu enters in every universe as Garbhodakasayi Visnu. And this Garbhodakasayi Visnu again expands as Ksirodakasayi Visnu. These are visnu-tattvas. But this original Karanodakasayi Visnu is plenary expansion of Krsna. That is explained in the Brahma-samhita,

So they offered Nrsimhadeva their prayers to pacify Him, but they could not. Therefore, Prahlada Maharaja says that if brahmadayah sura-gana siddhah. Here Sridhara Swami says munayo manana sila siddhyah jnanino 'pi (?). Manano sila, manano sila means speculator, philosophers. Muni means one who can think very deeply, manano sila. Those who can explain(expand?) by thinking, feeling, and willing and can write volumes of books. There are many you know in our country, they are called manano sila. They take pleasure by mental speculation, manano sila, and they are men of knowledge also, jnanino 'pi. (Sanskrit quotes from Sridhara Swami commentary) And what kind of...? These great sages and saintly persons, what is their qualification? They are situated in knowledge, in sattva-guna, in light. They are not in darkness. Although they are not in darkness, but without being in the platform of sattva-guna, nobody can become very intelligent person, philosopher, or mental speculator also. Their position is very high in the material calculation. So such persons, api, (Sanskrit quotes from Sridhara Swami commentary), they are also unable to satisfy.

Just like if a man becomes angry, so somebody tries to satisfy him. Just like somebody...sometimes our small child becomes angry and cries very loudly and the parents satisfy, "My dear boy, you are so nice, why you are crying? You can take this," just to pacify. Similarly, when Nrsimhadeva became very angry for killing, because He was angry because Hiranyakasipu teased his devotee, Prahlada, so much. Therefore, He was very, very angry. Vaisnava aparadha. If anyone offends a Vaisnava, a pure devotee of Krsna, he is the greatest offender. Krsna never excuses. That I explained yesterday. It is very... Vaisnava aparadha is the greatest dangerous offense. Therefore, Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His teaching to Sri Rupa Goswami, He has especially, vaisnava-aparadha hati mata, you are doing everything. He has compared Vaisnava aparadha as mad elephant. He has very nicely metaphorically explained this. Just like you have a nice garden, very good garden, you are watering, you are giving protection, giving manure, everything. But if in that garden a mad elephant enters, then it will destroy everything, all your labor will go to hell immediately. It will destroy everything. Similarly, you may do anything very nicely; but if you commit offense at the feet of a pure Vaisnava, then all your assets will be immediately vanquished. Vaisnava aparadha. Because Krsna is very angry. Tan aham dvisatah kruran ksipamy ajasram yonisu [Bg. 16.19]. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, Krsna said, dvisatah kruran. Dvisatah, those who are envious upon Vaisnava and Visnu, the more dangerous position is to be envious of a Vaisnava. Visnu aparadha can be excused, God is very kind. But He never excuses Vaisnava aparadha. That is His vow.

So because He was very angry, therefore, all the Brahmas and other demigods offered Him prayer, "Sir, be pacified, the demon is now killed, now You can become peaceful," but they could not satisfy. Hiranyakasipu after killing He was so roaring in anger. So Prahlada Maharaja was pushed on, "My dear Prahlada," all the Brahmas and other demigods, that "you pacify your master. We have failed." Prahlada Maharaja says that "When these big, big stalwart demigods have failed, they are situated in sattva-guna, in the modes of goodness, and they offered so nice prayers, they failed. What I can do? I am born of a father who is full of raja-guna and tama-guna." He, therefore, says that kim tostum arhati sa me harir ugra-jateh. Ugra-jateh, "I am born of ugra, strong, strong qualities." Not strong quality, what do you call? Pungent. These raja-guna and tama-guna is called pungent. Just like you take chili. Chili is tama-guna, that is the symptom of tama-guna. As soon as you chew, it becomes hot everything. You see? So ugra, ugra. And sattva-guna is sweetness. (indistinct) Therefore, ordinarily in India it is stated that a brahmana is known who can eat more sweets. (laughter) Yes.

It is said that there was a king, he was giving shelter to all the brahmanas. He had a guest house. Guest house, so any brahmana can stay there. So many non-brahmanas also were coming. So the order was that the brahmana can stay there and there was a store, he can take his supplies from the store and eat and live there peacefully. And the storekeeper was submitting bill to the king that your guest has taken so many things, kindly pay. So he was paying. So he was testing by the bill. If he would see the bill contains more spices and chilis, he will ask immediately, "Drag this man, he is not a brahmana." (laughter) "Drag this, he is not a brahmana." So be careful, don't take much. I know you don't take much. But if you take too much chilis and spices, then you will be considered amongst the non-brahmanas. You can take more sweets. (laughter) So if the bill was submitted containing more sugar, then he would accept, "Yes, that man is brahmana." (laughter) So these three gunas means sweet, salt, and chili. Sattva-guna is sweet, and raja-guna is salt, and tama-guna is chili.

So here it is said that "All the siddhas, all these demigods, they are on the sattvaikatana-gatayo, they are all situated in the modes of goodness and they have offered their prayers but could not pacify the Lord, then what I can do? I am born of a person, ugra-jateh, born of chili father." (laughter) "What I can do? Because I am born of a chili father." (laughter) Then he considers that gunair api, jam naradhitum na pipruh tat purna saktai tyaktva sa harir me katham tostum praptam arhati (?). Sa hareh, "That Supreme Personality of Godhead, how He can be pacified by me?" Tostum arhati. In other words, that God consciousness, Krsna consciousness cannot be achieved by persons who are polluted by the chili quality and salt quality, or tama-guna and raja-guna, rajas tamah. Rajas tamo bhavah [SB 1.2.19]. If we are infected with... There are three qualities within this material world, sattva-guna, raja-guna, tama-guna. So generally people are infected with tama-guna and raja-guna. There are very few persons who are under the sattva-guna. But Krsna says that one can overcome the influence of raja-guna and tama-guna by simply hearing about Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita or from the Srimad-Bhagavatam. That is the recommendation.

The recommendation is srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah punya-sravana-kirtanah [SB 1.2.17]. Srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah. Krsna, as I already told you, Krsna is situated in everyone's heart. So when people are anxious to hear about Krsna, this is the only qualification. Just like you are so kind, you are anxious to hear about Krsna because here there is no other business than Krsna. All of you who have come here, it is due to your anxiousness to hear about Krsna. Because our society's name is Krsna Consciousness. When I registered this society, some friend suggested that "Why don't you make it God Consciousness?" I said "No. God means Krsna." Isvarah paramah krsnah [Bs. 5.1]. God means..., the Supreme God means Krsna. Mattah parataram nanyat [Bg. 7.7]. So Krsna is the Supreme God. If we say God, it remains a vague thing. It is not clearly understood. Everyone can be God. God, this word can be applied to everyone. God means controller. So everyone can be controller. Therefore, we have distinctly mentioned Krsna, Krsna consciousness. So in our society, anyone who joins, that means he is interested in Krsna, little. May not be very much. At least they come here out of inquisitiveness to hear what they speak about Krsna, what do they do about Krsna. But our everything is open. There is no secrecy. We worship Krsna, we think of Krsna, we work for Krsna, we glorify Krsna, we chant for Krsna, we dedicate our life for Krsna. That's all. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam... This is our philosophy. We think of Krsna, as Krsna says, we are devotees of Krsna, man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah, we worship Krsna, mad-yaji, we offer our obeisance to Krsna, mam namaskuru, this is our... Sarva-dharman parityajya, we have no other religion, we don't approve any other religion except Krsna consciousness. This is our philosophy.

So anyone who comes to this Krsna consciousness movement or contributes something for pushing on this movement, he becomes immediately benefited. Immediate. Because Krsna, about Krsna it is said srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah punya-sravana-kirtanah [SB 1.2.17]. Krsna is there within your heart. As soon as He sees that you are trying to do something for Krsna, immediately he becomes favorably disposed upon you. Even if you don't get anything, you become pious, punya-sravana-kirtanah. Even if you don't... Just like I am speaking in English. There are many audience here, they may not understand English. But even if you do not understand, because you are hearing, you are getting the result of pious activities. Punya-sravana-kirtanah. It does not mean that you have to understand each and every word. Because you are allowing your ear to receive the sound vibration, you are being benefited. Punya-sravana-kirtanah. Srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah. So if you... Please, simply hear what is going on here. That is also beneficial, punya. Punya-sravana-kirtanah. Simply hearing, chanting, you join with us chanting Hare Krsna, you hear Hare Krsna, then you become pious. Punya-sravana-kirtanah. Krsna is so nice. Bhavadbhir loka-mangalam. Suta Gosvami said that the krsna-samprasna, because you have inquired about Krsna, so it is loka-mangalam, it is very much beneficial to the whole world. This sankirtana movement is like that. Anywhere we are going, we are making the whole atmosphere purified. It is not here in India, we have got branches all over the world. In Africa, even those black men, they are also. Because in the spiritual world, there is no such consideration the black, white. Because it is the spiritual platform. The spirit soul is neither black, neither white, neither yellow. This is dress. Just like within the dress we are everyone. The dress may be black, white, yellow, that does not matter.

So our this movement invites everyone, because it is Krsna consciousness. Srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah punya-sravana-kirtanah. If you please come and hear about Krsna, then Krsna becomes favorably disposed that "Now this soul, this individual soul is now inclined to hear about Me." So He gives facilities. What is that facility? The facility is that within our heart there are so many dirty things. Therefore, we cannot understand Krsna. So Krsna helps in washing the dirty matter within our heart. Srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah punya-sravana-kirtanah, hrdy antah stho abhadrani [SB 1.2.17]. Abhadrani. Abhadrani means especially this raja-guna and tama-guna, this is abhadrani. And sattva-guna is bhadrani. Therefore, those who are on the platform of sattva-guna, goodness, they are gentlemen. Before coming to the platform of sattva-guna, nobody can be gentleman. Gentleman means cool-headed, who can understand things as they are. He is called gentleman. So this abhadrani, in this human society, because these abhadrani, raja-guna and tama-guna, has increased, practically we can say there is no gentlemen. There is no gentlemen. Because they cannot understand what is life, what is the value of life. Just like the animal cannot understand what is the value of life. Animals, they are generally in tama-guna, and some animals in raja-guna. Just like lion. Lion is raja-guna. And the hog and dog and others, they are in the tama-guna. So animals are in the raja-guna, tama-guna. So the formula is, Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives this formula that if you hear Hare Krsna mantra, then ceto-darpana-marjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12], then Krsna will help you in washing the abominable things, raja-guna and tama-guna. The raja-guna and tama-guna, if it is washed, then you become situated in sattva-guna. You are promoted. But if you are promoted directly to Krsna consciousness, then you transcend all the three qualities, tama-guna, raja-guna, and sattva-guna. That is also stated by Krsna, sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate [Bg. 14.26]. Who? Mam ca 'vyabhicarina bhakti-yogena yah sevate. Avyabhicarena, not mixed quality, pure. These boys, European and American boys, people admire because they have been given immediately lift to the position of transcendental life. Sa gunan samatityaitan [Bg. 14.26]. They have been helped to jump over the transcendental platform. How? Viddhi-bhakti, avyabhicarini-bhakti. Avyabhicarini-bhakti. Vyabhicarini means some day I do something, some day I do not do that. That is called vyabhicarini, not fixed up. But if you follow regularly the rules and regulation, viddhi-bhakti, to rise early in the morning, to offer mangala-arati, then read granthas, chant Hare Krsna, then dress the Deity, then again offer something, in this way that there is regular routine work, that is called viddhi-bhakti. Viddhi, viddhi means he must, he cannot neglect it. Just like your legislative assembly is called Vidhansabha(?). Vidhansabha means whatever is enacted there, you must follow. That is the state order. Similarly, there are rules and regulation which one must follow. Then viddhi-bhakti. As soon as he accepts these rules and regulation and offers Krsna service under that rules and regulation, immediately he is in the transcendental platform, immediately.

Sa gunan samatityaitan [Bg. 14.26]. Etan means all these three qualities, tama-guna, raja-guna, and sattva-guna. Sattva-guna is good so far material consideration is there, but that is not perfect. Because from sattva-guna, if you are not very strict... Just like we have seen. Sattva-guna means the quality of brahmana. Now the brahminical qualification is now fallen. They are not so very strict following the brahminical principles. So there is chance of falling down. But if you keep yourself on the transcendental platform, aprakrti, that is, beyond the material world, then there is no falldown. Brahma-bhuyaya kalpate. Falldown there is, if you are neglectful, but generally there is no chance of falldown. Sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate. So you have to situate yourself in the Brahman platform. Brahman platform means pure, uncontaminated by the material qualities. That is called Brahman platform. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma [Bg. 18.54]. There are many such statements.

So this is Brahman platform. The brahma-jnani, impersonalist, they think simply by coming to the Brahman platform, business is finished now. Aham brahmasmi. No. Aham brahmasmi is there, but what is the duty of the Brahman? That they do not know. Just like again I say the same example. Just like you are going to the moon planet. The so-called aeronautics, they are going, "Now we have come to moon planet." That's nice, but stay there. Unless you stay there, it is useless. It is useless. Actually, they could not stay there. Why they come back? Why they come back? That is either false or they have no qualification to stay there. So who cannot stay in the Brahman platform? The nondevotee. That is stated. Aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah patanty adhah [SB 10.2.32]. Just like as you go to the moon planet but if you cannot stay there, you must have to come down again to this planet; similarly, one may rise up to the Brahman platform, param-pada, which is called param-pada, but if you cannot stay there, then again you fall down. Just like many so-called sannyasis, they rise to the brahma-pada, aham brahmasmi, but because they cannot stay there, they come down again to this material world and they are busy for opening hospitals, schools, and philanthropism. My wife, you have left already all this nonsense, you say that this world is mithya, brahma satyam jagan mithya. So if you have ascended to the brahma-pada, why you come down again to the mithya-pada? That means you have no taste. Actually you have not arrived, the same thing. You are going, the so-called advertisement, "I am going to the moon planet," but because you cannot stay there, you come down. So we have to stay there, brahma-pada. That brahma-pada staying means devotional service. Brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate [SB 1.2.11]. So brahma-pada, you can rise up. But if you do not engage yourself in the service of Bhagavan, then again you come down. aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah patanty adho 'nadrta-yusmad-anghrayah [SB 10.2.32]. Because they could not engage their service to the lotus feet of Krsna, therefore, these so-called sannyasis again come down to this material platform and engage their service to the mithya. Because they rejected this world, mithya. Why they come down again to this mithya platform-politics, sociology, humanityif this is mithya? But our philosophy is not that... We don't say that this world is mithya. Why shall I say? It is creation of Krsna. If Krsna is truth, His creation is also truth. We employ everything to the service of Krsna. Therefore, anyone who is engaged in the service of the Lord is always situated in the transcendental platform. They will never come down. Because it is so sweet, it is so nice, they will never agree. Any student of this institution, if you ask him, if you try to cheat him that you give up this idol worship, come down, go and worship the poor, the leper, and this and that, so many things, they will not. They will not. They will not come down. They will engage themselves always in the service of the Lord.

Although the atheist class of men may think that they are engaged in idol worship, it is not idol. Those who are atheist, they may see idol, stone. But those who are devotees, they see saksad brajendranandana hari. Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu, when He entered the Jagannatha temple, as soon as He saw Jagannatha, immediately fainted, "Oh, my Lord, here You are." So it is a question of vision. Somebody is going to Jagannatha temple, he is seeing a wooden carved statue, that's all. And he is surprised, "Why for this wooden carved statue so many people are coming?" Because they are not devotee, they cannot understand. But one devotee, thousands and millions of devotees are going every year. Are they going to worship an idol? So this is the difference between the devotee and the nondevotee. A devotee knows that everything belongs to Krsna and everything is the manifestation of Krsna's energy. Therefore, they want to employ everything to the service of the Lord, and they remain always blissful, transcendental. Thank you very much. Hare Krsna. [break]