Kirtan & Lecture in [Hindi-final proofreading pending] – December 26, 1975, Sanand

Prabhupada: Chanting Hare Krsna, the holy name with me will give you peace.

[Srila Prabhupada asks everyone to clap their hands.]

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I shall speak in Hindi. You translate...

Indian man: [Transl. You speak in Hindi.]

Prabhupada: I thank you all because you chanted the Hare Krsna mahamantra along with me. This Hare, the Lord's potency, just like Radha-Krsna, Sita-Rama, Laksmi-Narayana. The Lord's potencies. It is there in the Vedas,

[The Supreme Lord has nothing to do. Nothing is equal to Him or greater than Him. He acts in different phases by manifesting His parts and parcels, which are all simultaneously differently situated by His unlimited, variegated potencies. Each potency acts quite naturally in sequences, providing Him full knowledge, power and pastimes.]

The Lord does not need to engage in any work. Just like we see that a rich man or a big man or a minister, they do not do any work themselves. But they have many servants and helpers. Similarly the Lord does not have to do any work with His own hands.

And na tat-samas, equal to the Lord, "I am as good as the Lord"-this is demoniac mentality. There is no one equal to the Lord and there is no one above Him also. na tat-samas adhikas. Everyone is below the Lord. So this Radha-Krsna, Hare Krsna, this is a prayer to the Lord, "Oh Hara! The potency of the Lord, You and Oh Krsna, Oh, my Lord! Both of you together, please engage me in Your devotional service." Because the living entity's constitutional position is to serve the Lord. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: jivera 'svarūpa haya-nitya krsna-dasa [Cc Madhya 20.108] Every living entity is by constitutional position an eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. But having forgotten his constitutional position, he wants to lord it over in the material world. That is why he is suffering. parasya saktir vividhaiva srūyate [Cc Madhya 13.65, purport].

So we, in this material world, are called conditioned souls. We have forgotten our eternal servitorship to the Lord. Our time is being lost in the service of maya, the illusory energy. So by chanting this Hare Krsna, we can get rid of this illusory energy.

I think we shall continue Hare Krsna, otherwise they will go away. Therefore I began Hare Krsna. Let them sit down and chant Hare Krsna.

Chant Hare Krsna and get them to join in. Take this. [end]