If Kṛṣṇa is perfect brahmacārī . . . Kṛṣṇa is perfect brahmacārī, for . . . it was declared by Bhīṣmadeva. Bhīṣmadeva is the first-grade brahmacārī in the universe. He promised to Satyavatī's father . . . you know the story. Satyavatī's father . . . his, Bhīṣmadeva's father was attracted by a fisher woman, fisher girl. So he wanted to marry. And the father of the girl denied, "No, I cannot give my daughter to you." So "Why? I am king, I am asking your daughter." "No, you have got a son." Bhīṣmadeva was the son of his first wife, Mother Ganges.
The Mother Ganges was wife of Santanu Mahārāja, and Bhīṣmadeva was the only remaining son. The contract was between Santanu Mahārāja and Ganges, Mother Ganges that, "I can marry you if you allow me that all the children born I shall throw in the water of the Ganges. And if you do not allow me, then immediately I shall leave your company." So Santanu Mahārāja said: "All right, still I shall marry you." So she was throwing all the children in the Ganges. So this Bhīṣmadeva . . . so after all, father, so he became very much sorry that, "What is this? What kind of wife I have got? She is simply throwing all the children in the water." So at the time of Bhīṣmadeva, Santanu Mahārāja said: "No, I cannot allow it. I cannot allow it." Then Mother Ganges said: "Then I am going." "Yes, you can go. I don't want you. I want this son."
So he was wifeless. Again he wanted to marry the Satyavatī. So the father said: "No, I cannot give my daughter to you, because you have got a son, grown-up son. He will be king. So I cannot give my daughter to you to become your maidservant. Her . . . if I would have thought that her son would be the king, then I can offer you my daughter." So he said: "No, that is not possible." But Bhīṣmadeva understood that, "My father is attracted with this girl." So he approached, that . . . he said to the fisherman that, "You can offer your daughter to my father, but you are thinking that I shall become king. So your daughter's son will be king.
On this condition you can offer your daughter." So he replied: "No, I cannot." "Why?" "Now, you may not be king, but your son may be king." Just see, this material calculation. Then at that time he said: "No, I shall not marry. That's all. I promise. I shall not marry." So he remained brahmacārī. Therefore his name is Bhīṣma. Bhīṣma means very solid, firmly fixed. So he was a brahmacārī. For the sake, for the satisfaction of his father's senses, he remained brahmacārī.
So Bhīṣmadeva, in Rājasūya-yajña, admitted that, "Nobody is better brahmacārī than Kṛṣṇa. He was within the gopīs, all young girls, but He remained a brahmacārī. If I would have been within the gopīs, I do not know what was . . . what would have been my condition." So therefore Kṛṣṇa is the perfect brahmacārī, Hṛṣīkeśa. And these rascals, they are saying that Kṛṣṇa is immoral. No. Kṛṣṇa is perfect brahmacārī, dhīra. Dhīra means one who is not agitated even there is cause of being agitated.
So Kṛṣṇa is such a brahmacārī. In spite of in His . . . just on the verge of youthhood, at the age of fifteen, sixteen years, all the village girls were friends, they were very much attracted with Kṛṣṇa's beauty. They used to come to Kṛṣṇa for dancing in the village. But He was brahmacārī. You will never hear that Kṛṣṇa had some illicit sex. No. There was no such thing description. The dancing is description, but no contraceptive pill. No. That is not described here. Therefore He is Hṛṣīkeśa. Hṛṣīkeśa means perfect brahmacārī. Vikāra-hetu, even there is cause of being agitated, He is not agitated. That is Kṛṣṇa. He has got thousands and thousands of devotees, and some of the devotees, if they want Kṛṣṇa as lover, Kṛṣṇa accepts that, but He does not require anyone else. He does not require. He is self-sufficient. He does not require anyone's help for His sense gratification. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is Hṛṣīkeśa, the master of the senses.
So at least Kṛṣṇa's devotees . . . there are many instances of Kṛṣṇa's devotees, they are also . . . why many? Almost all devotees, they are master of the senses, gosvāmī. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, you know. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was young man, and the village zamindar, he was Muhammadan. So everyone was eulogizing Haridāsa Ṭhākura, such a great devotee. So the zamindar, the village zamindar, he became very much envious. So he employed one prostitute to pollute Haridāsa Ṭhākura. And she came at dead of night, nicely dressed, attractive. She was also young, very beautiful. So she proposed that, "I have come, being attracted by your beauty." Haridāsa Ṭhākura said: "Yes, that's all right. Come on, sit down. Let me finish my chanting. Then we shall enjoy." So she sat down. But Haridāsa Ṭhākura chanting, he was chanting . . . we, we cannot chant even sixteen rounds, and he was chanting three times sixty-four rounds. How many it is?
Revatinandana: A hundred and ninety-six.
Prabhupāda: Hundred and ninety-six rounds. That was his only business: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa . . . so sometimes somebody wants to imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. It is not possible.