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Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa. Because I am part and parcel of Krsna, then what is my duty? To serve Krsna. There is no other duty

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"Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa" |"Because I am part and parcel of Krsna, then what is my duty? To serve Krsna. There is no other duty"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa (CC Madhya 20.108-109). Because I am part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, then what is my duty? To serve Kṛṣṇa. There is no other duty. Any other duty I manufacture, that is illusion.

What is the bhakti, Kṛṣṇa consciousness? That one has to purify the senses. Ahaṁ mameti. Now I am claiming that, "This hand is my hand. This is mine." "This is my. This is I," "This is my. This is . . ." This is the disease. Ahaṁ mameti janasya moho 'yam (SB 5.5.8). What is illusion? Illu . . . this is illusion, "my and mine." Everyone. Everyone is claiming, "It is my body," "It is my wife," "It is my child," "It is my country," "It is my society," My this." My, my, my. And "I." Unless "I," there is no "my."

So ahaṁ mameti, this is the disease. And Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to cure this disease, this cure diseases, to cure this illusion. What is that? When I understand that "I have no existence without Kṛṣṇa. I am part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. In that sense, I am Kṛṣṇa's," then my . . . that means to understand one's identification. Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa (CC Madhya 20.108-109). Because I am part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, then what is my duty? To serve Kṛṣṇa. There is no other duty. Any other duty I manufacture, that is illusion. That is māyā, any duty I manufacture. So under illusion, I am manufacturing duties. This is called conditional life.

So Vyāsadeva is advised that akhila-bandha-muktaye: "People are under illusion, 'I' and 'mine.' So just try to get them liberated from this illusion." This is Vaiṣṇava's duty. Just like Nārada is advising Vyāsadeva; Vyāsadeva is advising his disciple Madhvācārya; he is advising his disciple. This is Vaiṣṇavism. They are not concerned for personal self.

Akhila-bandha-muktaye: "Just try to liberate all these conditioned souls." Just like Lord Jesus Christ. For himself . . . he was son of God. He had nothing to do. God consciousness, he was. He's perfectly . . . he knows everything. But why he was crucified? Because he wanted to work for others. That is Vaiṣṇavism.

Lord Caitanya advises, therefore, yāre dekha tāre kaha kṛṣṇa-upadeśa (CC Madhya 7.128). Kṛṣṇa consciousness means whomever you meet . . . suppose I practice some yoga practice. Suppose I become perfect. So that I make for myself. For myself. But Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice . . . just like Vyāsadeva is advised, "For others, just . . ." Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścin me priya-kṛttamaḥ (BG 18.69).

So Nārada advises that, "You do this." What is that? Urukramasya. Each word is meaningful. Urukrama. Uru means uncommon. Uru. Uru means great. And krama. Krama means activities. So who is Urukrama? Urukrama is Kṛṣṇa, God. His activities are uncommon. Just see. This Pacific Ocean is just like in a cup, and it is floating in the sky. Is it not? We see: "Oh, it is vast ocean." But what is the position of this? This vast ocean is in a cup, and it is floating in the sky.

That's all. Just see. This is called urukrama. This is God's activity. Can you float a cup of water in the sky? Is it possible? Let any scientist come and make any arrangement. They have discovered all this gravity of . . . what is called? Gravitation. So many things they have discovered. But let them fly a cup of water in the sky. Is it possible? Is there any scientist?

Therefore wonderful activities means . . . the wonderful actor means Kṛṣṇa, Urukrama. Uru, urukrama . . . just like Vāmanadeva. Vāmanadeva, He asked Bali Mahārāja to give Him land covering His three feet. So he said: "My dear Sir, You are asking from me land. You ask something more. Your feet is so small. What you'll do with these three feet?" No. He said: "Yes, it is all right." So by the one feet, the whole universe b

Page Title:Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa. Because I am part and parcel of Krsna, then what is my duty? To serve Krsna. There is no other duty
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-28, 11:38:50
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1