Lecture in Hindi – December 20, 1976, Wardha

761220LE-Wardha [15:37 Minutes]

Prabhupada: Bhagavan Krsna is Parabrahma. Can't He award liberation? Then what is the need of looking for liberation anywhere else? If you want liberation take from Him, if you want material enjoyment take from Him, if you want mystic perfection take from Him, and if you want devotional service take from Him. Therefore it is the duty of everyone to take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. This is recommended in the sastra

Therefore the purpose of this Krsna Consciousness movement is to fulfill everyone's desires.

The jnanis, they also want liberation from the Supreme Lord. Jijnasu wants to understand what is the Supreme Lord. And the poor class, artharthi, they also want something from the Lord. But they are all sukrtiman or pious. Sukrti. Their background is righteous. They approach the Supreme Lord. Because they have gone to the Lord it is to be understood that they are pious. But such persons are not pure devotees. The pure devotees don't ask anything from the Lord. Just as Caitanya Mahaprabhu has taught us na dhanam na janam na sundarim, kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye [Sri Siksastaka 4]

Don't want anything. Generally in the material world people want wealth, many followers, dhanam, janam. And they want beautiful wife. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu has denied all that. na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye. Then what do You want? Mama janmani janmanisvare, He doesn't even want liberation. If liberated then [indistinct] He doesn't want liberation even. What you want then? mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi.

Only devotional service. So you take Bhagavad-gita. This is actually Indian culture. It is not for materialistic fruitive workers and mental speculators. They won't understand this. Just like the Lord has described in the beginning that it is not meant for everyone. imam rajarsayo viduḥ [Bg 4.2] Rajarsi. He should be a king and also a sage. Such a person can understand. He also mentioned that,

Only saintly Kings can understand.

imam rajarsayo viduḥ There are many great saintly kings like Maharaja Rsabhadeva, Prahalada Maharaja, Janaka Maharaja, Yudhisthira Maharaja, Pariksit Maharaja, Dhruva Maharaja,big big Kings who ruled this planet. Although they were ksatriya kings, Ambarisa Maharaja big big kings they were qualified to understand. In India there have many great kings and they were able to understand Bhagavad-gita. It is not possible for everyone. Sa kaleneha yogo nastaḥ paran-tapa. [Bg 4.2] Why it has been spoiled? Five thousand years ago when Krsna was speaking at that time this knowledge was lost. Why? Because the parampara system or disciplic succession was broken. Therefore the Supreme Lord says that I am speaking that same old yoga system. Not that I am telling something new. No, the same thing. But why are you speaking to me? I am not a brahmana. I am not a Vedantist. I am a King and I am engaged in ruling the Kingdom. I am not a qualified candidate. But Bhakto'si [Bg 4.3] or you are My devotee. Just see that no one else has the right to understand Bhagavad-gita unless he is a devotee. What is the use of talking nonsense? One should be able to understand also. He should be qualified. One has to understand that didn't Krsna find anyone else to speak Bhagavad-gita to? Bhakti'si, priyo'si [Bg 18.65] One has to be a devotee and also dear to Krsna. This very literature is only meant for the devotees. Jnanis, yogis and ascetics can understand Bhagavad-gita only if they become a devotee. Otherwise they cannot understand. So my appeal is that if you are actually very eager to preach Bhagavad-gita, and it must be preached, The Supreme Lord Himself says,

So nowadays human society in Kali-yuga it is no longer a human society.

Everyone is slow. Idle. The purpose of human life is athato brahma jijnasa. Vedanta-sūtra 1.1.1], To know what is brahma or the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the aim of human life. But who cares for it? We have received this human form of life we must have knowledge about the Supreme Lord. Don't care. Simply speculate this and that. Therefore one of the definition of Kali-yuga is manda or lazy. Alpa ayu or short lived.

Short duration of life. Previously in the Satya-yuga people used to live for one lakh years, then later they lived for ten thousand years, then one thousand years, but now the duration of life is only one hundred years. That too nobody is completing. It's reducing gradually. The average is sixty. Prayena alpa ayusa, the human life should be properly utilized because it's duration is very less. That too is lazy-we will try for brahma-jnana when we are old. But sastra says

Even there is opportunity, people are lazy. On top of that everybody has invented their own opinions. And resolved that all opinions are as good. Any path you manufacture that's all right. Then manda bhagya-unfortunate. They are unfortunate because they have received the human form of life to understand brahma jnana, bhagavad jnana, paramatma jnana, but they are misusing it like dogs and hogs. How unfortunate they are! Unfortunate. You also see with experience nowadays in Kali-yuga almost everybody is bereft of the four minimum necessities of life namely eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Even the animals get them. Only the human beings are deprived of them. Always worried, we ate in the morning what will we eat in the evening? There is no standard of mixing with the opposite sex. Eating, sleeping, there is no place to sleep. Where to sleep? Eating, sleeping, mating and defending. For defense there is always anxiety. How will I live safely? Always worried.

sada samudvigna-dhiyam [SB 7.5.5]

Always. Upadruta-disturbed. This is our position. In Kali-yuga short duration of life, no one understands the purpose of life, manda, while trying to understand they are misguided, yata mata tata path-as many opinions as many ways, unfortunate and they are always disturbed. This is the condition. That is why Caitanya Mahaprabhu inaugurated this Sahkirtan movement. This should be spread.

This is the statement of the sastra. Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not manufacture it. It is from Agni purana, Brahma-vaivarta purana. In Kali-yuga… In the Srimad Bhagavatam also Sukadeva Gosvamii explained to Pariksit that "Maharaja, this age of Kali is full of faults." The faults of Kali-yuga are mentioned in the twelfth canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. Now we are experiencing it with our own eyes that svikaram eva hy udvahe. In Kali-yuga there would be no marriages. A man and woman would just agree to live together for some years and that would be called marriage. Simply on agreement. They would go to the Magistrate and register their marriage-an agreement to live together for 3 or 4 years. There is no need of any ceremony or playing of musical instruments. No need of parents. If they agree, it's done. Dampatye ratim eva hy. The relationship between man and woman will last as long as there is sex enjoyment. If any kind of disturbance in that then immediately divorce. These things are mentioned. Lavanyam kesa-dharanam. You might have seen nowadays young boys are fond of keeping long hair. They think by growing long hair they look handsome. Especially in the western countries. Lavanyam kesa-dharanam [SB 12.2.3] Jusy by wearing a two paisa worth of thread one will be considered a brahmana. These things are there. Full of faults and nothing else. Therefore sastra says Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults. So Sukadeva Gosvami told Pariksit Maharaja,

There is a great quality or advantage in this age though. What's that? kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sahgaḥ [SB 12.3.51] simply chant the holy name of Krsna and you will be liberated. Just see them. These Europeans and Americans had no good back ground. They are not brahmanas nor born in high class families. They ate meat, fish, drank wine, and indulged in sex life. They have left everything. Why? What is the reason? Kirtanad eva krsnasya. This is the only reason. This is scriptural injunction and you can see with you own eyes the direct example. So if you all want to preach Bhagavad-gita together then follow the sastric injunctions. The sastric injunction, just like the Supreme Personality of Godhead has said,

Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam. Srimad Bhagavatam also describes kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sahgaḥ There is no difficulty in it. If we want to preach we should take up this process. [end]