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Although it is simply dream, they can never become, but they are envious that, - Why Krsna should be God? I have got so many gods

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"Although it is simply dream, they can never become, but they are envious that, "Why Kṛṣṇa should be God? I have got so many gods"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

All conditioned souls, they are envious of God. Envious. "Why He should be God? I am God. I am God." So Arjuna is not like that type of. Therefore he is speaking to Arjuna. He is devotee. In the Fourth Chapter also, He said, bhakto 'si priyo 'si (BG 4.3). Therefore Kṛṣṇa does not expose Himself unless one is devotee. This is first qualification. So to understand Bhagavad-gītā one must be a devotee. The so-called jñānī, yogī, they cannot understand. It is not possible, because they are trying to become God. Although it is simply dream, they can never become, but they are envious that, "Why Kṛṣṇa should be God? I have got so many gods.".

Prabhupāda: All conditioned souls, they are envious of God. Envious. "Why He should be God? I am God. I am God." So Arjuna is not like that type of. Therefore he is speaking to Arjuna. He is devotee. In the Fourth Chapter also, He said, bhakto 'si priyo 'si (BG 4.3). Therefore Kṛṣṇa does not expose Himself unless one is devotee. This is first qualification. So to understand Bhagavad-gītā one must be a devotee. The so-called jñānī, yogī, they cannot understand. It is not possible, because they are trying to become God. Although it is simply dream, they can never become, but they are envious that, "Why Kṛṣṇa should be God? I have got so many gods." Anasūyave.

Dr. Patel: Rāja-vidya rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣa . . .

Prabhupāda: Avagamam.

Dr. Patel: . . . avagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam (BG 9.2).

Prabhupāda: Yes. And the bhakti-yoga . . . this is bhakti-yoga. Therefore it is rāja-vidya; when all kinds of learning, it is the king of.

Chandobhai: King of all.

Dr. Patel: King of. Is coming up.

Prabhupāda: So rāja-vidya and rāja-guhyam: most confident, very secret. It is not . . . and pavitram, uttamam.

Dr. Patel: Pratyakṣa avagamam.

Prabhupāda: And pratyakṣa avagamaṁ dharmyam. If you are jñānī, karmī, yogī, you cannot immediately directly perceive whether actually you have got the thing. But bhakti-yoga is like that.

Dr. Patel: Su-sukhaṁ. Kartum avyayam.

Prabhupāda: Bhakti-yoga, if you perform, you will perceive that "Yes, I am in this stage. I am in this stage." That has been described by Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Page Title:Although it is simply dream, they can never become, but they are envious that, - Why Krsna should be God? I have got so many gods
Compiler:Soham
Created:2024-01-12, 15:37:54.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1