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Our life, everything, should be dedicated to Krsna. And how it can be possible? Tat-purusa-nisevaya. Simply by serving the Supreme Personality

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"Our life, our everything, should be dedicated to Kṛṣṇa. And how it can be possible? Tat-puruṣa-niṣevayā: simply by serving the Supreme Personality"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

So kṛṣṇārpita-prāṇas tat-puruṣa-niṣevayā (SB 6.1.16). We should remember this, that our business is that we should be dedicated to Kṛṣṇa. Our life, our everything, should be dedicated to Kṛṣṇa. And how it can be possible? Tat-puruṣa-niṣevayā: simply by serving the Supreme Personality.

So (he) says, na tathā hy aghavān rājan pūyeta tapa-ādibhiḥ, yathā kṛṣṇārpita-prāṇaḥ. Anyone who has dedicated himself, his life, to Kṛṣṇa, na ta . . . yathā kṛṣṇārpita-prāṇas tat-puruṣa-niṣevayā . . . how one can become dedicated to Kṛṣṇa? Tat-puruṣa-niṣevayā. That Supreme Personality being served. Being served. Niṣevayā: by serving. You can . . . you can, simply by lips . . .

But you cannot say that, "Now I have dedicated my life to Kṛṣṇa." No. That's all right. But you have to keep the standard of surrender by niṣevayā, by serving. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva (Brs. 1.2.234). As you serve, as you go on serving the Supreme Lord, so He becomes revealed within your . . . He's within your heart. So by your service He'll reveal Himself.

So kṛṣṇārpita-prāṇas tat-puruṣa-niṣevayā (SB 6.1.16). We should remember this, that our business is that we should be dedicated to Kṛṣṇa. Our life, our everything, should be dedicated to Kṛṣṇa. And how it can be possible? Tat-puruṣa-niṣevayā: simply by serving the Supreme Personality.

So this program, this devotional service, morning, from morning till night, is simply how to serve Him. The more we serve, then we become dedicated to Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa says on the Bhagavad-gītā the same thing: teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam (BG 10.10).

Persons who are twenty-four hours engaged, satata-yuktānām . . . satata means twenty-four hours. Not that five minutes' or fifteen minutes' meditation, and then do all nonsense.

Page Title:Our life, everything, should be dedicated to Krsna. And how it can be possible? Tat-purusa-nisevaya. Simply by serving the Supreme Personality
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-11-15, 14:22:03
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1