Çrémad-Bhägavatam 1.2.

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August 23, 1972, Los Angeles

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[Govindam prayers playing]

Prabhupäda: [sings Jaya Rädhä-Mädhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very
much.
Devotees: All glories to Çréla Prabhupäda. All glories to Çré Guru and
Gauranga. [devotees offer obeisances]
Prabhupäda: Hmm.
Pradyumna: Oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya. Oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya.
Oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya.
Text number 20. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupäda and devotees repeat]

evaà prasanna-manaso
bhagavad-bhakti-yogataù
bhagavat-tattva-vijïänaà
mukta-saìgasya jäyate
[SB 1.2.20]

Prabhupäda: Now ladies. Ladies. [ladies chant] That's all. Now read the word
meaning.
Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]
evam—thus; prasanna—enlivened; manasaù—of the mind;
bhagavat-bhakti—the devotional service of the Lord; yogataù—by contact of;
bhagavat—regarding the Personality of Godhead; tattva—knowledge;

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vijïänam—scientific; mukta—liberated; saìgasya—of the association;
jäyate—becomes effective.
[12:34]
Translation: "Thus established in the mode of goodness, the man rejuvenated
by loving service to the Lord gains liberation from material association, mukti,
and comes to know scientifically of the Personality of Godhead."
Prabhupäda: Hm. So bhagavat-tattva-vijïänam. Vijïäna means science. It is not
concoction, speculation; it is a science. Just like mathematic is a science: "Two
plus two equal to four." You cannot make two plus two equal to five according
to your whims. No. Anywhere you go, it doesn't matter, because it is science, so
either in America or in India or in England, everyone will accept, "Two plus
two equal to four." That is science. Science is true everywhere. Not that "I can
imagine my God according to my whims; you can imagine your God..." That is
going on. No. How you can imagine? There is no question of imagine.
This bhagavat-tattva-vijïänam, this truth, this science, can be understood by a
person who is mukta-saìga. Mukta-saìga, means freed from material
association. He can understand. Mukta-saìgasya jäyate. And the condition is
evaà prasanna-manasaù.
When you are enlightened, engladdened... Because so long we are in the
jurisdiction of ignorance and passion, there cannot be any jubilant. There
cannot be any enlightenment. Therefore you have to come to the platform of
goodness. As it is stated in the previous...,

tadä rajas-tamo-bhäväù
käma-lobhädayaç ca ye
ceta etair anäviddhaà...
[SB 1.2.19]

Cetas, everything is working within the heart, the whole thing. Heart is the
central point of this body. So when the heart is not punctured by the rajo-guëa
and tamo-guëa, and you become situated on the modes of goodness, then you
become jubilant. Jubilant means he can understand at that time that "Why

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these people are working so hard like cats and dogs?"
The human life is meant for understanding what is God. Athäto brahma
jijïäsä. This life is meant for simply understanding what is God. The animal
life, they cannot understand. That life is different. But the human life is
developed, consciousness is developed. He can understand. This is called
goodness. Tasyaiva hetoù prayateta kovidaù.
How one becomes intelligent? He can study... When he is on the platform of
goodness, he can study the nature, that "Why I shall work so hard for getting
all my material necessities?" This is being supplied by nature. The birds and
beast, they are getting their food, they are getting their mates, they are being
protected in their own way; they have got a sleeping nest, apartment. So even
an animal, even a small ant...
We sit down in the garden, we see, even the small ant it has got family, it has
got home, it has got eating. Everything is there, from ant to the elephant. Who
is supplying? They have no business. They do not do any business. They have
no profession. But they are getting their necessities of life.
Therefore, intelligent person... This is... Goodness means intelligence, prakäça.
And ignorance means darkness. In darkness, we cannot see what is what. So
goodness means light. Anyone can see that there are 8,400,000 species of life
or forms of life. They are getting their food. They are getting their shelter.
They are satisfying their sex. They are also defending without any extra
endeavor. By nature, they are doing their own way.
So why human being, so-called civilized human being, is so much harassed for
these four things? We have got better intelligence. We shall be, rather, more
comfortable without struggling for existence than the animals. But our struggle
for existence is greater than their struggle of existence. What is this
civilization? This is not civilization. Everyone wants peaceful, calm life.
Even those who are struggling so hard, big business magnate, still, at the
weekend, they find out some secluded place, nice place, without trouble. That
is the nature. That human nature should be like that, that "Why should we
work so hard, simply for eating, sleeping, mating?" This is a wrong type of

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civilization. But at the modern age, the human society is so made that one has
to work like ass, whole day and night, simply for satisfying these four
necessities of life.
That is also not guaranteed. We thought that in your country... When I was in
India, I was contemplating coming to your country. I thought that "America is
very rich. There is no problem for eating, sleeping, mating." Actually there is
nil. There is no problem. But the civilization is so made that there is no shelter.
They are lying down on the park, on the street. Why?
There was no necessity, but they have created such civilization that a certain
section of people are voluntarily, or being obliged, lying down on the street, on
the park, no dress, no food, no fixed..., fixed-up sex life. Everything is
topsy-turvied. Everything is topsy-turvied. But this is not civilization. This is
not civilization. Then how they can understand God? Their mind is always
disturbed and full of anxiety.
So first of all you have to come to the stage of tranquillity. Prasanna-manasa.
Evaà prasanna-manasaù. Prasanna-manasa means always jubilant. That is...
That can be achieved by this process: bhagavad-bhakti-yogataù, by devotional
service, not by no other process. Evaà prasanna-manaso
bhagavad-bhakti-yogataù [SB 1.2.20]. One can be jubilant only by practicing
bhagavad-bhakti-yoga.
There are many other yoga system—karma-yoga, jïäna-yoga, dhyäna-yoga,
haöha-yoga. Everything you endeavor for spiritual enlightenment, that is called
yoga. So there are different types of yoga, but real yoga is bhagavad-bhakti,
devotional service. Therefore in the Bhagavad-gétä it is said, yoginäm api
sarveñäm: "Of all the yogés..." There are different types of yoga system and
different types of yogés also. But Kåñëa says, "Of all the yogés..."

yoginäm api sarveñäà

mad-gatenäntar-ätmanä
çraddhävän bhajate yo mäà
sa me yuktatamo mataù

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 [Bg. 6.47]

"That yogé who is devotee and always thinking of Me, or thinking of Kåñëa
within the heart..." Yoginäm api sarveñäà mad-gatenäntar-ätmanä, çraddhävän,
faithful; bhajate. This is bhajana: Hare Kåñëa, Hare Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare
Hare/ Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare. So he is first-class yogé
who is chanting Hare Kåñëa mantra and thinking of Kåñëa within his heart,
first-class yogé. That is bhagavad-bhakti-yoga. And if he does it nicely,
according to the rules and regulation, in the beginning, then he becomes
prasanna-manasa, prasanna-manasa, enlightened, engladdened. There is no
more any lamentation or hankering. This is the sign.
Evaà prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogataù [SB 1.2.20]. Then you can
understand what is God. God is not so cheap: "Come on, I shall show you God.
You haven't got to follow any rules and regulations." People want to be
cheated; therefore there are so many cheaters. They take advantage of it.
Because they want everything very cheap. That is not possible. This is the
stage, prasanna-manasa. Then you can understand what is God.
Bhagavat-tattva-vi...
Because it is a science. If somebody says, "Come on, I shall teach you the
science of chemistry within a second. Give me some money," is it possible? If
somebody says, "I shall teach you mathematics. Come on, give me some
money..." So why these rascals are misled? If... It is a science; it is not
sentiment. It is science. There was...
Understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead without reference to
these scientific books, Vedic literature, it is simply a disturbance, simply
rascaldom. Simp... Because they are creating disturbance, always, cheating
some people. They are cheated. They do not get anything. Create some
disturbance. That is the instruction of Rüpa Gosvämé:

çruti-småti-puräëädi-
païcarätra-vidhià vinä
aikäntiké harer bhaktir

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 utpätäyaiva kalpate
[Brs. 1.2.101(1)]

Utpäta. Utpäta means disturbance. So many rascals, without reference to the

Vedic literature, revealed scriptures, Çruti-småti. These are Vedic literatures,
çruti-småti-puräëa, païcarätra-vidhi. Without reference to all these books, if
anyone poses himself that he has understood God and devotional service, it is
simply a disturbance, creating disturbance. That's all. Çruti-småti-puräëädi...
Because it is a science. How you can manufacture it? It is not that thing.
Therefore any religion without scientific understanding through philosophy, it
is simply sentiment; it is not religion. And philosophy without religious
understanding is mental speculation. That is also useless. Philosophy which
does not search ultimately what is truth, what is God, that philosophy is
mental speculation. And the knowledge of God without philosophy is simply
sentiment. They should be combined.
To understand God, our relationship with God, our duty, everything should be
understood scientifically. Bhagavat-tattva-vijïänam. Therefore this word has
been used, vijïänam. Viçeña-jïänam. Jïänam, ordinary knowledge, and vi,
when the this word is added, vi, meaning viçeñatä, particularly, for practical
application... This vijïänam.
So this vijïänam, this science, can be understood by mukta-saìga, who is freed
from the lower modes of material nature, especially tamo-guëa and rajo-guëa.
So do not be befooled by so many rascals that bhagavat-tattva-vijïänam, the
science of God, understanding is so cheap that anyone can give you by simply
one day's association with some rascal. You see? This is not so possible. Yes, it
has to be studied, it has to be practiced. It has to be realized.
So this vijïänam is being stated in the Çrémad-Bhägavatam. Therefore in the
beginning, in the Çrémad-Bhägavatam: dharmaù projjhita-kaitavo 'tra [SB 1.1.2].
All rascaldom going on under the name of religion, cheating religion, they're
completely kicked out from Çrémad-Bhägavatam. Simply on scientific
understanding we are presenting what is Kåñëa consciousness. Not for
sentimentalist.

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Read the purport.
Pradyumna: "In the Bhagavad-gétä [Bg. 7.3] it is said that out of many thousands
of ordinary men, one fortunate man endeavors for perfection of life. Mostly
they are conducted by the modes of passion and ignorance, and thus they are
engaged always in lust, desire, hankerings, ignorance and sleep. Out of many
such manlike animals, there is actually a man..."
Prabhupäda: Manlike animals. They show with two hands, two legs, but
actually they are animals. Four-legged. Two legs have been transformed into
two hands.
Go on.
Pradyumna: "Out of many such manlike animals, there is actually a man who
knows the responsibility of human life and thus tries to make life perfect by
following the prescribed duties. And out of such many thousands of persons
who have thus attained success in human life, one may know scientifically
about the Personality of Godhead, Çré Kåñëa."
Prabhupäda: Yes. So it is not so easy to understand Çré Kåñëa. Manuñyäëäà
sahasreñu kaçcid yatati siddhaye, yatatäm api siddhänäm [Bg. 7.3]: "Those who
have endeavored for perfection of life, out of many such person, one can
hardly understand Kåñëa." It is not so easy. But it is by Kåñëa's grace. Kåñëa,
being very compassionate with these fallen souls of this age, He appeared as
Lord Caitanya and distributed Kåñëa.
That is His prerogative. That is His right. If Kåñëa wants to distribute Himself
freely, that is a different thing. Otherwise, it is not so easy to understand
Kåñëa. Just like to earn one million dollar is not so easy. But if you are
fortunate, you meet somebody who can distribute million dollars at a time, that
is a different thing.
Therefore Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu was recognized by Rüpa Gosvämé, namo
mahä-vadänyäya kåñëa-prema-pradäya te [Cc. Madhya 19.53]: "My dear Lord,
You are the most munificent of all incarnation. The other incarnation, people
could not understand; but You are freely distributing Yourself."
Kåñëa-caitanya-nämne. Kåñëäya kåñëa-caitanya-nämne gaura-tviñe namaù.
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Therefore we have to follow the footsteps of Rüpa Gosvämé, rüpänuga. Then
we can understand Lord Caitanya. And if we get favor of Lord Caitanya, we
can very easily understand Kåñëa. This is the process.
Go on.
Pradyumna: "In the same Bhagavad-gétä [Bg. 18.55] it is also said that scientific
knowledge of Çré Kåñëa is understood only by the process of devotional service,
or bhakti-yoga..."
Prabhupäda: Yes. Here also it is confirmed: bhagavad-bhakti-yogataù. It is not
said, "By mystic yoga, by haöha-yoga, by jïäna-yoga, by karma-yoga." No.
Bhagavad-bhakti-yogataù. If you want to understand the science of God, then
we have to adopt this devotional service. Not by other yogas. Otherwise, in
Bhägavata it would have been said, "By karma-yogataù, by jïäna-yogataù, by
haöha-yogataù, by dhyäna-yogataù."
No. It is clearly said, bhagavad-bhakti-yogataù. Bhagavat-tattva-vijïänaà
mukta-saìgasya jäyate [SB 1.2.20]. If you are still after jïäna-yoga, dhyäna-yoga,
you cannot understand Kåñëa, God. It is clearly said. In the Bhagavad-gétä also,
it is clearly said, bhaktyä mäm abhijänäti [Bg. 18.55]: simply through devotional
service.
So if you want to know God, then you have to follow the prescribed rules and
regulation of bhagavad-bhakti-yoga. It is very simple. It is made very easy,
especially in this age: simply by chanting Hare Kåñëa mantra. It's so made easy,
but we are so unfortunate that we do not take advantage of this. Etädåçé tava
kåpä bhagavan mamäpi durdaivam édåçam ihäjani nänurägaù [Çikñäñöaka 2].
Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu laments, "My dear Lord, You are so compassionate
and merciful upon us that in this age You have descended in Your..., as Your
name, and one can chant this name without any regulation." Without any
regulation. Niyamitaù smaraëe na kälaù [Cc. Antya 20.16]. Any time, any
circumstances, one can chant this Hare Kåñëa mantra. Kåñëa has become so
liberal.
But Caitanya Mahäprabhu says, etädåçé tava kåpä bhagavan mamäpi: "My dear
Lord, although You are so much merciful upon me, still, I am so unfortunate."
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Etädåçé tava kåpä bhagavan mamäpi durdaivam édåçam, "I am so unfortunate,"
durdaivam édåçam ihäjani na, "I could not be attached to chanting of Hare
Kåñëa mantra. Oh, I am so unfortunate." You see? The things have been made
so easy, actually, but unfortunate class of men, they cannot take to it.
Thank you very much. Hare Kåñëa.
Devotees: All glories to Çréla Prabhupäda. [devotees offer obeisances]
[36:18]
[kértana] [Prabhupäda plays gong] [end]

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çruti-småti-puräëädi-
païcarätra-vidhià vinä
aikäntiké harer bhaktir
utpätäyaiva kalpate
"Devotional service of the Lord that ignores the authorized Vedic literatures like the
Upaniñads, Puräëas and Närada-païcarätra is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society."
Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu 1.2.101

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