Krsna is the Supreme, and if I am part and parcel of the Supreme, it is my duty to serve Him to My best capacity

Expressions researched:
"Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme, and if I am part and parcel of the Supreme, it is my duty to serve Him to My best capacity"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

They are neither arto, not distressed, nor in need of money. They do not want to speculate for knowledge or . . . they know, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme, and if I am part and parcel of the Supreme, it is my duty to serve Him to My best capacity." That is real bhakti.

751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi

Prabhupāda: Their function means recreation. That is not function. By that function they'll . . . but it is. . . something is better than nothing. That is another thing. Arto 'rthārthī jijñāsur jñānī—four kinds of men, they take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. The arto 'rthārthī . . . artaḥ means distressed, and arthārthī means those who are in need of money. So they are arto 'rthārthī, and better than the rogues and ruffians, but their Kṛṣṇa consciousness, chanting "Kṛṣṇa," means they want to get some money and to get out of some distress. That is ninety-nine percent people. And some of them are jñānī. They want to learn about Kṛṣṇa very seriously, not to fulfill their material desires. They are called jñānī. Jñānī and jijñāsu, inquisitive. So in jnani, those who are after knowledge, and inquisitive, they are better than this arta and arthārthī. But devotee is transcendental to all of them. They are neither arto, not distressed, nor in need of money. They do not want to speculate for knowledge or . . . they know, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme, and if I am part and parcel of the Supreme, it is my duty to serve Him to My best capacity." That is real bhakti. And those who are trying to exploit Kṛṣṇa for their . . . some material fulfillment of desire, they are not on the platform of bhakta. They are pious, not bhakta. A bhakta is above piety, piety. Bhakta's position is sarvopadhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam (CC Madhya 19.170). He is cent percent pure, without any mat . . . these are all material things. But beginning is all right. If you go to the fire, some way or other you will get the heat. So either be arta, arthārthī, jñānī, jijñāsu. If you somehow or other, you have come to Kṛṣṇa, it is good for you.