Why should you not understand Kṛṣṇa? Everything is given there. Why you should . . .? At least, the intelligent class, the Americans and Europeans, they are very intelligent materially. They have proved their intelligence. Why not spiritually? If they are materially intelligent, brain is there, you can utilize it either for material purpose or . . . now, so far, you have done for material purposes. You have done enough, so many machineries and so many things. But there is no happiness. You take to . . . apply your brain and intelligence to understand Kṛṣṇa. Then your life is successful.
That I have said many times, that you American boys or American people, you are fortunate so many ways. How? Now, because you have got the result of pious activities. What is the result of pious activities? Janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrī (SB 1.8.26). You have . . . you were born in very rich nationality, in America. You were born of rich fathers. Nobody is poor, poverty is unknown there. I have studied. If, by voluntarily, one becomes poverty-stricken, that is another . . . but actually there is no poverty, so far I have studied. That is result of pious activity. To take birth in poor family, low family, is the result of sinful activities. So because you are born in rich nationality, rich family, that is good sign. Janma, aiśvarya. And opulence. You don't care for money. Money is nothing for you. This . . . we, we, we take money so carefully. But you spend money without any . . . so these are the results . . . janmaiśvarya-śruta, education. And śrī, beauty. These are . . . so now you utilize this. Because one is fortunate if he gets all this opportunity, so you take this opportunity and utilize it for understanding Kṛṣṇa. Then your life is successful.
And I am hoping also that if you take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and . . . it was the duty of the Indians. As Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, that:
- bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya janma yāra
- janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra
- (CC Adi 9.41)
Of course, I am Indian, so I have tried my best to give you this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It was the duty of the Indians to preach this cult. But even they are not doing, so you can take up, and for the benefit of the human society, you simply preach about Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇāya. We are speaking of this Kṛṣṇa, not that Kṛṣṇa, the "aborigine Kṛṣṇa" or "the black Kṛṣṇa." "No, kṛṣṇa means black." No, Kṛṣṇa means many things. Kṛṣṇa means also attractive. Does not mean . . . Kali-Kṛṣṇa does not mean that He's black. He's . . . "Your Kṛṣṇa is black." Yes, my Kṛṣṇa is black, but at the same time all-attractive. So many beautiful gopīs all became attracted. So many queens all became attracted. So this blackness of Kṛṣṇa is not this ordinary. Therefore in the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said that kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobham (Bs. 5.30). Kṛṣṇa's blackness is not ordinary blackness. Asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam. Although He's blackish like the black cloud, but sundara, very, very beautiful. How much beautiful? Kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobham. He's so beautiful that if you bring millions and millions of Cupids—Cupid is supposed to be very beautiful—still, He will surpass. So Kṛṣṇa . . . Śyāmasundaram. Śyāma means black, and still, very, very beautiful. That is the understanding of Kṛṣṇa.
So therefore to understand Kṛṣṇa perfectly, Kuntī is pointing out that Kṛṣṇa who is the son of Vasudeva, that beautiful Kṛṣṇa, that Śyāmasundara Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya (SB 1.8.21). Then Vāsudeva may be . . . there may be Vāsudevas. Then mother's name also. Devakī-nandanāya, "That Kṛṣṇa is born of Devakī and Vasudeva, not others." Then there cannot be any mistake. If both the father's and mother's name . . . and again, he's (she's) pointing out, nanda-gopa-kumārāya, "That Kṛṣṇa who was carried to Vṛndāvana, and He remained as foster son of Mahārāja Nanda." And then he (she) says, govindāya. Govindāya, that "He was a cowherd boy, played as a cowherd . . ." Govinda. Go means cows, and go means indriya, senses. So He was pleasure to the cows. The cows were very much pleased with Kṛṣṇa. As soon as Kṛṣṇa will call them, they will immediately come.