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Krsna comes directly, paritranaya sadhunam (BG 4.8), and He says: "Do it." If you don't do it, then whose fault it is? It is your fault

Expressions researched:
"If you don't do it, then whose fault it is? It is your fault" |"Kṛṣṇa comes directly, paritrāṇāya sādhūnām" |"and He says" |"Do it"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Just like a man is fallen in a dark well. He's crying, "Save me, save me," and one man drops a rope, "Please catch it, I'll save you." If you don't catch, then whose fault it is? Kṛṣṇa comes directly, paritrāṇāya sādhūnām (BG 4.8), and He says: "Do it." If you don't do it, then whose fault it is? It is your fault. You don't catch it. Kṛṣṇa says: "Here is the rope. Catch it. I shall take it . . . take you out of this well.".

Ali: In choosing a master you mentioned that the choice is yours. But you have to know what you are after. For instance, if you are after . . .

Prabhupāda: Our offer is you surrender to God. Now it is your choice, whether you want to surrender not. That is your business. We are offering everyone that, "You surrender to Kṛṣṇa, or God." Kṛṣṇa also says the same thing, "You surrender to Me," and we are asking, "You surrender to Kṛṣṇa." The business is the same; there is no change. As it is. Kṛṣṇa says: "You surrender to Me," we say, "You surrender to Kṛṣṇa." There is no difference. As it is.

Ali: My question was how could one choose when he himself is ignorant?

Prabhupāda: By knowledge. Here is knowledge. You have not surrendered to God, you take the knowledge from God that, "You surrender to Me." That is knowledge. Why don't you take it? Where is the question of ignorance? You may be in ignorance, but when the knowledge comes directly that, "You surrender to Me," then you can do it. Just like a man is fallen in a dark well. He's crying, "Save me, save me," and one man drops a rope, "Please catch it, I'll save you." If you don't catch, then whose fault it is? Kṛṣṇa comes directly, paritrāṇāya sādhūnām (BG 4.8), and He says: "Do it." If you don't do it, then whose fault it is? It is your fault. You don't catch it. Kṛṣṇa says: "Here is the rope. Catch it. I shall take it . . . take you out of this well." But if you don't catch it, then whose fault is it?

Mrs. Sahani: Excuse me, once you surrender to God, will you still have to look for an authority to guide you, or Kṛṣṇa helps you to find Him?

Prabhupāda: Yes, Kṛṣṇa is giving direction, but we have no such intelligence. Therefore Kṛṣṇa advises:

tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
(BG 4.34)

You go to a person who has seen the truth and you understand. Because they are not understanding Kṛṣṇa directly or through the agent, they are misled, they are misinterpreting. That is their folly. They'll not understand Kṛṣṇa directly, neither they'll understand through Kṛṣṇa's agent. Therefore they are misguided.

Page Title:Krsna comes directly, paritranaya sadhunam (BG 4.8), and He says: "Do it." If you don't do it, then whose fault it is? It is your fault
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-09-10, 08:07:20
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1