Krita-vatsam saragana indram sammam madhu-dhuham hiranmayena patrena dhuryam aurobhavam vayah krita-vatsam making vatsam cast suragana the demigods Indram, Indra, King of Heaven, Samam, Nectar, They melt out.

Strength of the senses, baram, strength of the body, tayat, nuk.

Translation in Purport by His Divine Grace, Srila Prabhupada.

All the demigods made Indra, the king of heaven, into a calf.

All the demigods made Indra, the king of heaven, into a calf, and from the earth they milked the beverage Sama, which is nectar.

Thus they became very powerful in mental speculation and bodily and sensual strength.

In this verse the word Sama means nectar.

Sama is a kind of beverage made in the heavenly planets from the moon to the kingdoms of the demigods in the various higher planetary systems.

By drinking this Soma beverage, the demigods become more powerful mentally and increase their sensual power and bodily strength.

The words, Seranmaena Patreina, indicate that this Soma beverage is not an ordinary intoxicating liquor.

The demigods would not touch any kind of liquor, nor is Soma a kind of drug.

It is a different kind of beverage available in the heavenly planets.

Soma is far different from the liquors made for the Manayak people, as explained in the next verse.

Bhandayaham Sri Guru Sri Jatapada Kamalam.

Sri Guru Vaishnavam Shra Sri Rupam Sagarajatam.

So it's interesting this, they got the Soma from the earth.

From the earth they melt the beverage Soma.

But now it's made in the heavenly planets from the moon to the kingdom of the demigods.

So it's not available on the earth right now.

People would be very happy if it was, but it is not.

We are not so pious and qualified to get Soma.

By the mercy of Lord Caitanya we have Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Much better than Sama.

It only gives them increases their bodily and their mental strength, but it does not make them immortal.

It may extend their, of course, they have a long lifespan, many thousands of years, but they experience it like we do.

And then they come down again because of all their sinful activities.

In other words, everybody has a chance to go up and down, up and down.

Sometimes we are in the heavenly planets, sometimes we are in the hellish planets, sometimes we are on the earth.

Pious activities qualify you to go up and impious activities qualify you to go down.

So we've been going up and down, up and down.

We've actually drunk Soma in previous lifetimes.

We've all had the experience of drinking Soma.

So instead of going up and down, around and around, this up and down cycle, we should now take this human life very seriously.

Tato Brahma Jagyasa, now you've got a human form, the Vedic wisdom says, now you must utilize it for self-realization.

The self is a spiritual spark, qualitatively 1 of the Lord.

You see you are not that little boy's body.

You are actually an eternal living entity, qualitatively 1 of God.

Right now you're a little boy's body, but actually you're an eternal spiritual being.

Whether you're a little boy's body, or an old man's body, an old woman's body, a young woman's body, a little girl's body, whatever body we may have, it's not us.

We're actually eternal spiritual beings, qualitatively 1 with the Lord.

So we have to understand who is that amazing person, Krishna, that we are part and parcel of.

We have to learn how to develop a loving feeling for that amazing person.

The more we know about him, the more we become and develop our love for him.

Just like that 1 verse, tatte karmasu nathakam.

So yeah, no, I don't remember the translation.

But being free from attachment, fear, and anger, being fully absorbed in me and taking refuge in me, Many, many persons in the past developed pure knowledge of me and thus they developed love for me.

They became very advanced in knowledge of me and thus they developed pure love for me.

So the more we know about Krishna, This is why we come and we have these classes so we can know more and more and more about Krishna.

The more you know about Krishna, the more he becomes lovable.

Because there is nobody more amazing than Krishna.

Just like Lord Brahma is very nicely, he says, Ananda Chinmaya Vrathamateya Manasu, Yat Pranidham Pradhimatmanus Madhupam Upeccha, Leela Yuteyna Vivananni Jajajajashram, Govinda Madhipurusham Tamahambajami.

I worship Govinda, the prime of the Lord, whose glory ever triumphantly dominates the mundane world by the activity of his own pastimes, being reflected in the minds of recollecting souls as the transmittal entity of ever blissful cognitive vassa." Wow, pretty amazing person, huh?

His glory ever triumphantly dominates the mundane world.

What about all the famous people in this world?

If you ask people how many people have heard of Krishna, only a small percentage.

How many people have heard of the Beatles, a much higher percentage.

So why the Beatles, but this is only temporary you see.

All these famous persons in the material world in due course of time, they vanish into oblivion.

The famous singers during the Roman Empire, we don't know their names.

There were famous singers then too in the Roman Empire, the Greek Empire, they had famous singers also, but they are forgotten.

So all these famous people, we think they are all big celebrities, they go down to the animal kingdom and their name and fame is finished.

But Krishna's name and fame goes on eternally.

So we should become very eager to learn more and more about Krishna because that, he is an eternal personality.

He doesn't go down to the animal kingdom like these celebrities in the material world do.

We should be very eager to know more and more about him because the more we know about him the closer we come to him.

That knowledge actually brings us closer and closer to Krishna.

In fact you can even come to the point of having an intimate loving relationship with Krishna.

Even the point where Krishna becomes your servant, like he did for Arjuna, he was a chariot rider for Arjuna.

Or he is carrying the slippers to Nandamaraj, A little boy carrying the slippers to his daddy.

So Krishna can become even the servant of his brother in a pure loving relationship.

So we should just try to become more and more and more learned in the science of Krishna consciousness.

She so wonderfully explained in the Bhagavad Gita, there are so many wonderful verses.

Sa eva yam mayate jaya yoga-paktapanatana patosy me sakas eti vahasyam etam uttamam That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by me to you because you are my devotee as well as my friend

you can therefore understand the transmittal mystery of this science.

So to become a devotee of Krishna, Krishna not only speaks of Arjuna, but he can speak to you also, from within your heart.

Krishna can actually speak to you within your heart.

Just as he spoke to Arjuna, he can speak directly to you also.

It's a matter of developing that loving relationship, not being carried away by the internet.

It's much more powerful than the internet, the Krishna net.

The internet you have to have, you know, you may be online or offline.

You have to look for a connection, where is there an internet connection?

It's like in a power fair, we have an anxiety internet connection, how we do our classes.

But KrishnaNet doesn't depend on, you don't have to worry about the Austin Power Company.

The Krishna that is always available, you simply have to open your heart to Krishna.

My dear Krishna, let me open my heart to you.

And what is that special technique of opening your heart to Krishna?

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare That gets you online with Krishna.

For this soul there is neither birth nor death, nor having once been as he ever ceased to be.

He is unborn, ever existing and primeval.

We have to awaken our spiritual identities.

Because then we become completely free from all the anxieties of material existence like birth, death, old age and disease.

But when you awaken your spiritual identity, Dehi nausmin yatha dehe kumaram jo vrindam tatha deham tada praptir dhira-sthita-namu yuti The embodied soul continually passes in this body from boyhood to youth to old age the soul similarly passes another body at the time of death.

The self-realized soul does not be with us at such a change.

So how do you become a self-realized soul?

You take initiation from the bona fide spiritual master, you follow the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master.

Some people say, well I don't need a guru, I'll just take instructions directly from Krishna.

I mean, he's going to tell me what to do and what not to do.

I'm going to do my own thing and Krishna will tell me what to do.

Now Krishna says, tad viddhi panipatena paripraślena sevaya upadekṣyanti te jñānam jñānaṁ na sthapadarśinaḥ Just try to learn the truth by approaching the spiritual master, inquire from him submissively, render service unto him, the self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth.

So if you want to take Krishna's direction then you take a spiritual master because that's what Krishna is ordering us to do.

So then you can actually get connected with Krishna.

You can't jump over the head of the spiritual master.

When you fell down in the material ocean, when you hit the water of the material ocean, you bloop.

I mean, I've been here for, let's see, 70, 52 years.

They got initiated, they're chanting it around, they found the pimples, but then somehow they lost their taste.

Another step, another step, another step, another step.

Vishaya vini vartante niraha rashi dehinah.

Rashi-vashanga-sopya-svaparang-vishvanibharta-te.

The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste of sense objects remains, but see things that's engaged in us by experience, but a higher taste is fixed in consciousness.

Chant Hare Krishna and avoid the 10 offenses.

To commit to be offensive, not to have proper respect for the Vaishnavas, we should be very careful to avoid all these offenses.

To be inattentive while chanting, to not have the proper mood for the Vaishnava, the spiritual master.

If you chant Hare Krishna and seriously try to avoid the offenses, then you will get a very sweet taste, a very, very, very sweet taste, better than Soma.

So let's be very keen to chant the holy name and avoid the offenses.

I chant at least 16 rounds a day of Japa Mala, even more if you can, but at least 16, because that will actually give us the ability to unlock the pure love of God, which is locked within our hearts.

Every 1 of us is actually a pure devotee of Krishna.

We all have pure bhakti within us but it's buried beneath so many layers of dirt, lust, anger, greed, madness, illusion, everything piled deep deep deep deep deep, it's buried deep.

When you chant Hare Krishna you're getting rid of that garbage, getting rid of the lust, getting rid of the envy, getting rid of the greed.

It is like you have a dirty pot in the kitchen.

The more you scrub, the more the dirt is gone.

The more you scrub, you can scrub it up and the dirt is completely gone.

So this Hare Krishna is scrubbing the heart.

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

Scrubbing away, scrubbing away, scrubbing away.

Well, we've only been here for millions and billions of lifetimes.

So you have to be very enthusiastic to keep scrubbing away, scrubbing away, having full faith in the process.

By this process I'm not going to be cheated, I'm not going to be misled, I'm not going to be let down.

By this process of chanting Krishna, Hare Krishna, I'm going to become a fully empowered living entity, fully re-established in my loving relationship with Krishna and fully empowered for sharing Krishna consciousness with the suffering people in this world.

Is anybody having any difficulties in their spiritual life?

Yes, we have tons of difficulties, isn't it?

Even waking up in the morning is a ton of difficulties.

So we have to be enthusiastic to overcome all the difficulties.

When Prabhupada was a young, when Prabhupada was a student, he was in, he went to, in Calcutta, Scottish Churches College.

And at that time the governor of Bengal was Lord Zetland.

So Lord Zetland was the governor of Bengal and he came, conceived as a Scotsman, he came to the Scottish Church's college to give an address.

So that same, many years later, that Lord Zedlin was back in the UK and 1 of the Prabhupada's godbrothers had gone to the UK for preaching.

He wasn't successful, but he met a few lords and ladies and went back.

He met Lord Zedlin and Lord Zedlin said, oh, because he knew about Vedic culture, you know, the Brahmins and the Vaishyas, Sutras, etc.

So he said, Swamiji, can you make me a Brahmin?

And Prabhupada said, yes, I can make you a Brahmin as long as you follow these principles, no illicit sex, no meat eating, no intoxication, no gambling.

So Prabhupada was thinking when he came to America, as soon as I tell these American people no sex, no meat eating, no intoxication, no gambling, immediately say please go home.

And then all the devotees thought it was a good time, they followed my Jai, the whole room went Jai.

Because I knew, because Prabhupada made that endeavor even though he was sure it was impossible.

Because of that determination to serve his spiritual master whether I succeed or not doesn't matter but I must endeavor to serve my spiritual master.

That is my perfection because he made that endeavor therefore we became delivered.

And then Prabhupada also said later on, impossible is a word in a fool's dictionary.

So don't think it's impossible, you become a pure devotee, you fall by the feet of Krishna face to face.

You know that verse in the Brahma Samhita?

I worship Govinda the primeval lord of Isha, Sundar, Krishna himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes from the pure devotee see in our heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the sound of love.

So it's possible, it's not impossible, we can come to that level.

The spiritual master orders the disciple, now you become qualified to see Krishna face to face.

That's the order of the spiritual master coming down from Prabhupada.

Now you become qualified to see Krishna face to face.

Then you know you are becoming Krishna conscious.

When Krishna actually comes revealed to you, oh now I am finally making a little progress getting out of this bodily consciousness, thinking I'm this 75 year old body or whatever.

We have to get out of this consciousness.

They always ask about the age of the form.

I think I'll put an infinity sign the next time they ask my age.

I'm an eternal youth and my age is infinity.

Why is it 75 million or 75 quadrillion is nothing compared to infinity.

So in this way awaken, kick out the false identification of that material body.

Whenever and wherever there is a kind of religious practice and predominant by the religion at that time is ascendance.

Parityanaya sarvam vinayaty aduskrtam dharmasamsad pada payasambhavam namo mayayaya.

To deliver the pious, to annihilate the miscreants as well as reestablish the principles of religion, I myself appear millennium after millennium.

So Krishna now has appeared in the form of this Krishna consciousness movement.

This Krishna Consciousness Movement is an incarnation of Krishna.

So just by associating with ISKCON, you are associating with Krishna.

Krishna is actually manifested as the Krishna Consciousness Movement.

So when you connect with ISKCON, when you serve ISKCON, you're serving Krishna directly.

So take full advantage of this movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

It's the most important organization on this planet right now, more important than the United Nations, more important than the United States or Russia or India or anything else, this is the most important institution on the face of this planet, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

So take full advantage of this movement, become totally dedicated to this movement of Srila Prabhupada, become fully dedicated to the spiritual master who is the representative of this Kaam, and in this way your lives will become unlimitedly ecstatic.

Does anybody have any questions or objections or corrections?

So what was the difference between Prabhupada teaching and Prabhupada's godfather teaching?

That Prabhupada's godfather was unsuccessful and Prabhupada was...

The difference is that Prabhupada was the only 1 who was successful.

They weren't able to successfully carry out the order of their spiritual master.

They were all ordered to spread this movement.

Prabhupada was the only 1 who could do it.

Prabhupada is a special, he is the 1 disciple of Bhakti Sanatana Sarasvati who was successfully able to carry out his orders, spread the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world.

So they were all disciples of the Sita-Santra?

So all the Godbrothers and the Ancestors were disciples of the Sita-Santra?

Godbrothers means, you all have the same Guru, you are called Godbrothers and Godsisters.

So all the bhaktis are not his disciples, they are the Godbrothers and Godsisters of Sri Rupaba.

You have the same father, just like you and your family, Why are you in the number of brother and sister?

Because you have the same father and mother, right?

So when you have the same father, then you are all brothers and sisters.

So they all have their spiritual father as majis and as saraswati of course.

So they are all God brothers and God sisters.

So if they all had the same Guru, so That means they learned the same thing.

Then why couldn't they do what Prabhupada did?

Didn't some of them criticize Prabhupada also?

They were making the Westerners into Brahmins?

Yeah, they even criticized Prabhupada because they didn't understand the true essence of spreading Krishna consciousness.

We have more questions coming in now, a whole bunch of them.

Let's see if I can get a bubble on the screen again here now.

Vishnu Ratha, Srila Gurudev, is it that decades after decades of beautiful chanting is required to come in to the real taste of chanting?

Actually real taste can come within a second, Vishnu Ratha.

It is simply a matter of one's full absorption in the holy name.

It can take decades, it can take many lifetimes, or It can take place in 1 nanosecond.

It depends on one's determination to become fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness.

Kirtan Devadasi is associating the devotee with friends whom we are attached to, temporary, fulfilling particular purpose.

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