A vulture goes very high, but his ambition is where is a dead body
Expressions researched:
"A vulture goes very high, but his ambition is"
|"where is a dead body"
|"where is some dead body"
|"there is a carcass"
|"where there is a corpse"
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Nitāi: (leads chanting, etc.)
- tathā paramahaṁsānāṁ
- munīnām amalātmanām
- bhakti-yoga-vidhānārthaṁ
- kathaṁ paśyema hi striyaḥ
- [SB 1.8.20]
"You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental science of devotional service unto the hearts of the advanced transcendentalists and mental speculators who are purified by being able to discriminate between matter and spirit. How, then, can we women know You perfectly?"
Prabhupāda: Tathā paramahaṁsānām [SB 1.8.20]. Kṛṣṇa is realized by qualification, and the qualifications are described here. The first qualification is paramahaṁsa. Paramahaṁsa. Parama means the best, and haṁsa means the swans. So there are different types of swans. We have seen. Out of them, the white big swan is accepted the best of them. So this haṁsa, or this swan, has got a qualification special, that you offer them milk mixed with water. So the haṁsa, it will take the milk portion and leave aside the water portion. Every animal has got a special qualification. Just like you'll find the lizard, a very plain wall, polished wall, but they'll go very swiftly. You have no science to do that. You cannot do it. The vulture, it goes very high. They have got very small eyes, but they can see from miles away where is some dead body. That is their business.
So everyone has got some special qualification. That is God's gift. The... Similarly, this is also an animal. It has got the special qualification: they can discriminate what is water and what is milk. So this world is mixed up, spiritual and material things. Just like your body, my body, this is also mixture. Anything is a mixture of spirit and matter. So one who can discern the spirit from the matter, he is called paramahaṁsa. So intelligent man... Paramahaṁsa, what is the paramahaṁsa? Now, munīnām. Paramahaṁsa... Muni means very thoughtful. So if you are thoughtful, then you'll be able to discern between matter and spirit.Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Page Title: | A vulture goes very high, but his ambition is where is a dead body |
Compiler: | Sahadeva |
Created: | 23 of Apr, 2009 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=4, Con=2, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 6 |