Asmai nipala kilatatra tatra padam harishyanti savakapala pankshanta esham suya arirajam chakrayudam tat yajah uddhagat yo.

Tatra, Tatra, Here and there, Balem presentations, the Shemte will offer, with Loka Pala, the demigods, monk Shemte, will consider.

Many gods, monks, yantai, will consider a shams of these kings, sthriya, wives, adivajam, The original king, Chakrajyutam, bearing the disc weapon, tat, his, yasha, reputation, udaranya, carrying on.

Translation in purport by His Divine Grace, Srila Prabhupada.

When the king travels all over the world, other kings as well as the demigods will offer him all kinds of presentations.

Their queen will also consider him the original king who carries in his hands the emblems of club and disc and will sing of his fame, for he will be as reputable as the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Therefore, as far as reputation is concerned, King Prithvi was already known as the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The word Arivajam means the original king.

The original king is Narayan or Lord Vishnu.

People do not know that the Vishnu king or Narayana is actually the protector of all living entities.

As confirmed in the Vedas, eko bahunam yogadati kamaam, Katopanishad 2.2.13.

Actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is maintaining all living entities.

The king, Arunanadeva, is his representative.

As such, the king's duty is to personally supervise the distribution of wealth for the maintenance of all living entities.

If he does so, he will be as reputable as Narayan is mentioned in this verse, Tat-yasa-ha.

Siddha Maharaja is actually carrying within the reputation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because he was actually reigning over the world in that capacity.

Sri Rupaṁ sāgadātum sahagana-raghuṇa-taṁ vidaṁ tam sa jīvam Sadaitam sabhadutam padiṣṇa-saṁhitam kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devam Sri Rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padam sahagana-lalita-śī-viṣakāṁ vitamś ca Namaḥ om viṣṇu-padāya kṛṣṇa-pleśtāya bhūtale Śrīmate bhakti-vedanta-svāmṛti-namane So how unfortunate we are at the present time if we don't have kings like King Prithu ruling over the world.

Now the world is being ruled by rakshasas, demons, selfish greedy persons who are simply looking for their own sense gratification.

So this Krishna consciousness movement is a very important movement to bring about a rectification of this horrible state of affairs on this planet.

It is actually very encouraging what Lord Caitanya has predicted.

He says, sa janma virjanma pangu yad dhanam agana prema dhanayadubhava jagad-yajna This Krishna-Gandhi's movement is like a tidal wave.

It will inundate the entire world and drowning everyone, whether it is a gentleman, a rogue, lame, indolent or blind.

So this Krishnagana's movement is actually the only hope.

Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, paripraṇāya sādhuṇam viṇeśayā tad-duskṛtaṁ nārma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhuvāmi yuge yuge To live with the pious, as well as to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion.

I myself appear millennium after millennium.

So Krishna has appeared at this time, Krishna has done this movement.

This ISKCON is an incarnation of Krishna.

So by associating with ISKCON we are actually associating with Krishna Himself.

It is appearing in the form of this movement.

So we should take this movement very seriously.

Let me serve this mission, the Prabhupada's mission, with all sincerity, with all determination, with all enthusiasm.

Let me follow the instructions given by Prabhupada in his books, how to practice Krishna consciousness properly, how to chant the holy names properly, how to worship a deity properly, how to associate with devotees properly, how to associate with the spiritual master properly.

If we actually tune in and follow what Prabhupada is saying instead of trying to water it down with our own sense gratification ideas, if we actually take exactly what the Prabhupada is saying and we do it, then we will be living in a transcendental dimension.

We will be living beyond the modes of material nature.

The modes of material nature are there, but we are rid of the living entities.

If we take shelter of these wonderful instructions of the divine grace through the Prabhupada, we are no longer under the influence of the modes of material nature.

We get out of these modes, Sadhvagoon, Rajagoon, Tamagoon, and the material world is being buffeted in these waves.

They are tossed in the waves, Tamagoon, Rajagoon, and Sadhvagoon, again and again and again, birth after birth after birth, 8,400,000 species.

But now we've got this very rare human birth.

Tato Brahma Jagasya, let's take full advantage of this human birth to get out of this vicious cycle and actually become liberated souls, transcendentally situated beyond the material nature.

We have to realize that we are not actually these bodies, we are actually eternal spiritual beings.

Na tvayvaham jatma-sa, na tam ne me janadhi-pa, na taivan avyadhi-sama, sarva-maye vahaparam.

Never has there been a time when I did not exist.

So Krishna is telling us, you are not a dead body, you are not a temporary body.

You are actually an eternal spiritual being.

Tune in to this bodily consciousness that has been keeping us caught up in the cycle of birth and death for millions of lifetimes.

So Let me now act in terms of my actual identity and not be carried away anymore by the modes of nature.

It is not meant to be a fool or a rascal.

But unfortunately the whole society is fooled in that way.

That's why we have, Prabhupada has given us some alternatives.

Because, sanghāsanjāyate karmā, one's consciousness is developed according to one's association.

Before we didn't have any hope, we had no choice.

Like going out to college, I don't know what is the meaning of life but nobody was even interested to inquire about it.

I didn't have any association I could plug into.

I had a friend from high school, he had gone to Harvard, wow, must be really intelligent.

That's a number 1 university, Harvard University.

So I asked him, I went back for a break from college, and he was also back for a break from Harvard.

He said, life is a shit sandwich, you have to take another bite every day.

Sorry for the 4 letter word, I quoted it.

It's a stool sandwich, every day you take another bite?

I had an intuition there was something more than this.

But nobody was even interested in inquiring about it.

They just wanted to know money, money, money, sweeter than honey.

Make good grades, get a good job, a good career, get a good house in suburbia, get a good wife, a swimming pool in the backyard, you know, have a nice retirement in St.

Petersburg and play good zing and shuffleboard and put you in a good casket and put $50 of your grade every year into the fidget about it.

So I had to, I was looking, looking, looking, looking, looking, Krishna blessed me.

I was sincerely seeking Self-realization.

I went to the bogus gurus who cheated me and I rejected them.

But finally, because I was sincerely seeking the highest truth, Vajra-vijna, the supreme truth, that truth will discard all illusions.

Because I was sincerely seeking it, Krishna let me come to that point.

I was able to become a disciple of his Divine Grace Sri Vaisalapa.

A great Vaishnava Acharya, not an ordinary man, but a great Vaishnava Acharya coming in the line of Siddhic succession.

An empowered Acharya carrying the potency of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

So just imagine the potency of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu when he was here on this planet.

The potency emanating, the vibration emanating from him.

Just imagine being able to see Lord Caitanya, he may be able to touch his lotus feet.

Just imagine the potency of being with Lord Caitanya, the same potency is here in Prabhupada's books.

The full potency of Lord Caitanya is right here in these books.

Just by touching these books is as good as touching the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Just by hearing these teachings as good as hearing Lord Caitanya's chanting directly with your ears.

So we should not take these thoughts as cheaply, take it casually.

I remember there was an old saying, casual means casualty.

You take it easy, Take it easy, take it easy.

There is some song, you don't have to take it so hard, take it easy.

Obey thee, obey thy, life goes on, take it easy, take it easy.

If you take it as the utmost seriousness, so you've been caught up in the cycle of birth after millions and millions of lifetimes.

Sometimes a demigod, sometimes a worm in a stool.

You've been going through this horrible nightmare, but now here is your chance to get out.

This is the 1 chance you have had after millions of births.

Bahunam Dhammanamante Jnanamam Gopabhyate Tantataduja Niham So many many births.

Many many births in your book, you and I have passed.

I can have all of them, you cannot have Kaguna and Yana.

So we don't remember all these past births.

Even the exalted person like Arjuna could not remember them.

Krishna knows all the births he has been through.

See each 1 of us is unlimitedly dear to Krishna.

Every single Jiva is unlimitedly dear to him.

And Krishna is watching us through all these verses.

Just waiting and hoping we can come, we want to come back to him.

So now if you take this process seriously, now I must come back to Krishna.

I must kick out this laziness and this craziness, this devious cheating mentality of wanting to try to be the supreme enjoyer independently of Krishna.

It is like Bhaktivedanta says, jiv jago, jiv jago, gaurav chandra bole, kota nidra jau maya, vipa chirakole.

That is why I see you falling asleep in the class.

It looks like you might be falling asleep.

Make sure you're not nodding in and going off into bozo loco.

Tamagoon, Tamagoon, the realm of the ghosts, the hobgoblins.

You have to tune in to the fundamental vibrations.

And me too, I'm speaking and I need to tune in to that.

We're all supposed to tune in to these vibrations.

What I'm saying is not my own words, I'm repeating what's coming down from these data charges.

Of course, that's the advantage of giving a class, you have to tune in and be able to say it.

It's easier not to fall asleep in class than giving.

We have a very, very good opportunity to really tune in and take full advantage of it.

After many, many births and deaths, now we have this opportunity to take full advantage of it.

Yadā yadā hi dharmāś ca grāṇḍhara-bhakti-vāgataḥ abhyutam ananda-dharmāś ca sadātma-nandam yajam yaḥ.

Whenever and wherever there is a kind of religious practice, I will descend into Bharata.

And a predominant rise of irreligion at the time I descended myself.

So that is why Krishna has come to this time.

So irreligion is blatantly irreligious nowadays.

It is a free choice, free choice, free choice.

It's my child so I can kill it if I want to.

You can kill your child, you can kill your father also, kill your brother, your sister.

They want to legalize abortion, they want to legalize murder for everyone.

They tell you abortion rights, abortion rights, abortion rights.

So The good news is that we have something to counteract it.

That's why we have to take every opportunity we have for preaching, for spreading Krishna Karma's teachings, because we don't want these people to be caught up.

They've gotten this rare opportunity in reverse.

They want to be able to get out of the cycle of birth and death.

The avarshanava means compassion upon all the fallen.

I offer my respectful obeisances and all the avarshanava to the Lord.

You feel the desires every month and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.

Devotee means 1 who is full of compassion for the fallen souls.

What if I don't give a damn about the Karmis?

If I don't feel compassion, If I don't feel a burning desire in my heart to make the world Krishna conscious, it means I'm not even a devotee.

Because a devotee is full of compassion for the fallen souls.

He's thinking, how can I live my life in such a way so that all these fallen souls can become the living beings?

So we have to give up our Vaishnava tendencies and become fully fixed in Vaishnava consciousness.

The Vaishnava has this burning desire to liberate all the fallen souls of this world back to home, back to Godhead.

So let's take it seriously, the order of Lord Caitanya to deliver these fallen souls, the order of Srila Prabhupada to deliver the world.

The more we embrace the world deliverance mission in our consciousness, the more we become deliverance.

The more you give, you run the route of giving Krishna, the more you get Krishna.

If my mood is I want to give Krishna to every single living entity in this material world.

If I'm burning in that desire, that means Krishna will become more and more manifest for me as well.

So it's sentimental selfishness to be in the mood of a preacher.

The more you give Krishna, the more you get Krishna.

So let me think, how can I give Krishna to all the suffering souls throughout all material existence as soon as possible?

You may say, well it's a ridiculous meditation because how in the world do you get up in the morning and think about the living world?

So it was a little sparrow, ridiculous trying to drive the ocean, wasn't she?

Wasn't that ridiculous, trying to drive the ocean?

If we take this desire, this sheer desire to live in the world, like the previous Acharyas, you know, come, their potency will manifest.

Because they had a potency, we don't have a potency.

But if we are in that mood, serving their desire, their potency can act through us.

Not the inside of the secret, just like Garuda came to help a little sparrow.

The potency of these previous Acharyas can manifest to help us little sparrows who want to spread this movement.

You mentioned about Vaishnava and Avaishnava.

So is it just a compassion which differentiates between Vaishnava and Avaishnava?

A Vaishnava is full of compassion for the fallen souls.

If he is not, maybe you can say he is a neophyte Vaishnava, just starting off.

He is becoming a body but he is still materialistic.

So we should not remain on the kiniṣṭha platform, we should come at least to the mājama platform.

mājama means he is very eager to make the world Kṛṣṇa conscious.

He wants to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

So, does 1 have to endeavor to control them or by devotional service 1 will be able to just...

By engaging in devotional service the influence of the mode goes away, but you can also, just like how you set your alarm clock to get out of the mode of ignorance.

So you get up and get in the going mode, doing mode.

Consciously do what you can to get out of the mode, but at the same time, the most powerful thing is to become a charger to do Krishna.

Because the Mayavadis, they also want to get out of the mode, but they don't have Krishna consciousness.

So they may get out temporarily, but not permanently.

So we have the most important thing is to awaken our Krishna consciousness, and then the influence of the mode will naturally go away.

The more you are conscious of Krishna, the more and more you fade away into the background.

So we have some questions coming in on the internet.

Is it more difficult to understand and apply spiritual knowledge as people interested in earning fast salary and finding time to engage in higher duties like activities and so forth?

More difficult to understand and apply spiritual knowledge.

Yeah, if you are interested in money, if you are thinking money, money, money, sweeter than honey, you can have a hard time understanding Krishna consciousness.

I see materialists, they are very eager, I have to get money, I have to get money, I have to get money, and if Krishna doesn't give me money, then I hate Krishna.

Because Krishna is not giving me the money, I hate him.

That desire for money is getting in the way of their Krishna consciousness.

They don't understand that money can't make you happy.

No matter how much, no matter how fatty or sour you may have, you are not going to be happy without Krishna consciousness.

Even if I am a complete pauper, if I am Krishna conscious, I will be happy.

And whatever Krishna gives me, that is all right.

Just like 1 of my disciples, he just got a nice position with a good salary, but his primary focus is Krishna consciousness.

And Krishna gives him a nice position with a good salary, but it is not his interest.

I have 1 disciple, he owns a European hit radio, a big radio station here.

Krishna has given a very good business, a very successful business.

So just focus on being Krishna conscious and whatever Krishna gives you, that's all right.

If he makes me a millionaire, that's all right.

If he makes me a pauper, that's all right.

Whatever Krishna gives me, that's all right.

Okay, Paramahamsa, what is practical way to avoid cheap association with the Lord in the form of books?

Cheap association with the Lord in the form of books?

You have to cheat the books that are on reverence.

You can even, if you have your bookcase, you can even offer your obeisances to the books.

Krishna himself is a peer in these books.

Palpa and all the great Acharyas are now present in these books.

You can go to your bookshelf and offer your obeisances and have that kind of respect for the books.

Amala Purana, please advise why King Pritu is referred as the original king.

I don't see where it says in the Sruti's vishnu king.

If one's remembrance of the spiritual master's instruction is weak and not effective, then what should 1 do to make it very effective in one's consciousness?

Well What I do, I have, if you go to my office you'll see I have instructions from Prabhupada.

I have about 20 or 30 instructions posted all over the wall.

So I can sit down and say, Prophet, this instruction, that instruction.

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