Prabhupāda: . . . that there is a president. Then I can ask, "Who is your president?"
Professor: Right.
Prabhupāda: That is natural. So first of all, the believers, they know that there is God. Now the next question will be "Who is God?" That is advanced knowledge.
Professor: There are many answers. Certainly lots of people have different answers.
Prabhupāda: Why there should be different . . .? President is one, and everyone knows he is one. Why there be lots . . . that means they do not know. If there is . . . just like now Mr. Ford is president. So nobody can say: "Now Mr. John is president." Mr. Ford is president. You cannot say: "Mr. John is president," "Mr. Such-and-such is president," "I suggest," "I . . ." "It may be like that." Why may be? Actually Mr. Ford is president. And one who says: "May be like this," he does not know who is the president. As soon as he says: "God may be like this," that means he does not know what is God. So there cannot be different description of God. God is one. One must know who is that God. That is education. Now, we are teaching that, "Here is God, Kṛṣṇa." Now it is up to you to test whether Kṛṣṇa is God or not God. But if you know what is God, then you have to accept Kṛṣṇa.
Professor: If you know who is God, accept it?
Prabhupāda: If you know what is God, then you will accept Kṛṣṇa is God.
Professor: Oh.
Prabhupāda: If you do not know actually what is God, then you will deny. Or if you deny, then present who is God, if you know. Then you will have to say: "I do not know what is God." So anyone who is trying to study religion and God, they should try to understand our philosophy, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Satsvarūpa: The professor says they have the Bhagavad-gītā in his college.
Prabhupāda: Oh. You have got this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is?
Professor: Yes, in the library.
Prabhupāda: You can . . .? You have read our this Bhagavad-gītā?
Professor: I have read it, yes.
Prabhupāda: According to Vedic understanding, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28). You understand Sanskrit? No. Kṛṣṇa . . . there are description of the incarnations. There is name of Kṛṣṇa, then it is summarized. (aside) Find out this verse:
- ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ
- kṛṣṇaś tu bhagavān svayam
- indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ
- mṛḍayanti yuge yuge
- (SB 1.3.28)