Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa is lion to the demons, and He's a lamb to the devotees. (laughter) Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya. So the atheist, they say that "We have not seen Kṛṣṇa." Yes. You'll see Kṛṣṇa as lion when He'll ultimately come and capture you, "Ow!" (laughter) That is death. Atheists will see Kṛṣṇa as death, and theists, devotees see Kṛṣṇa as lover. That's it. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Nama om bhagavate vāsudevāya.
(aside) You sit down properly, back side. Yes.
- oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ
- pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate
- pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya
- pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate
- (Vanisource:ISO Invocation)
- īśāvāsyam idam sarvaṁ
- yat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagat
- tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā
- mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam
- (ISO 1)
- kurvann eveha karmāṇi
- jijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥ
- evaṁ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti
- na karma lipyate nare
- (ISO 2)
- asuryā nāma te lokā
- andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ
- tāṁs te pretyābhigacchanti
- ye ke cātma-hano janāḥ
- (ISO 3)
- anejad ekaṁ manaso javīyo
- nainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣat
- tad dhāvato 'nyān atyeti tiṣṭhat
- tasminn apo mātariśvā dadhāti
- (ISO 4)
- tad ejati tan naijati
- tad dūre tad v antike
- tad antar asya sarvasya
- tad u sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥ
- (ISO 5)
- yas tu sarvāṇi bhūtāny
- ātmany evānupaśyati
- sarva-bhūteṣu cātmānaṁ
- tato na vijugupsate
- (ISO 6)
- yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāny
- ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ
- tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka
- ekatvam anupaśyataḥ
- (ISO 7)
- sa paryagāc chukram akāyam avraṇam
- asnāviram śuddham apāpa-viddham
- kavir manīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhūr
- yāthātathyato 'rthān vyadadhāc chāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ
- (ISO 8)
- andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti
- ye 'vidyām upāsate
- tato bhūya iva te tamo
- ya u vidyāyām ratāḥ
- (ISO 9)
- anyad evāhur vidyayā-
- nyad āhur avidyayā
- iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁ
- ye nas tad vicacakṣire
- (ISO 10)
Hmm. Anyone can explain the third verse? Kurvann eveha karmāṇi jijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥ. Who will explain, please stand up. Nobody? (laughs) How is that? Huh? Yes?
Devotee (1): This explains that the human form of life is meant for realizing our spiritual nature, our nature as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord . . . (indistinct) . . . material servants. It explains that those who do not cultivate this kind of knowledge, they simply to live like the animals, like the swine . . . (indistinct) . . . without caring for the spiritual nature. They are known as ātma-han, killers of the soul, and they will enter into the planets of the . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: No, I wanted that's true, kurvann eva. That is true, yes. That's all right. So anyone will explain this:
- kurvann eveha karmāṇi
- jijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥ
- evaṁ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti
- na karma lipyate nare
- (ISO 2)
So you should try to read the explanation, these word meanings. So kurvann eveha karmāṇi jijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥ. Samāḥ means years. You can live hundreds of years if you understand the philosophy of life. Otherwise, what is the use of living? The trees are also living for five hundred years, for thousands years. There is one tree in San Francisco . . . what is that wood?
Devotee (2): Redwood.
Prabhupāda: Redwood. No. There is some wood, I forget. Crossing bridge. Anyway, they told me that this tree is standing for seven thousand years. So the trees are also living, and you are also living. You are trying to live. Whenever there is question of death, you resist. That means you do not want to die. That is natural sequence.
So here it is said that why should you live? Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, ke lāgi āche, abāchi . . . that, "Why I am living? I could not achieve love of Godhead. Then what is the use of my living?" He's lamenting. Narottama dāsa kena na lāgilā māriyā. Kena bā āchaye prāṇa ki sukha lāgiyā (Song 41: Ākṣepa). He said: "Why I am living? What is the purpose of my living? What is the ultimate happiness?"