Lecture At Ladies Club

Prabhupada, Visakhapatnam, February 20, 1972: ..So our Krishna consciousness movement is directly giving this bhakti platform, by the mercy of Krishna, in the form of Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is distributing Krishna immediately, because in this age people are so fallen, mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy upadrutah [SB 1.1.10]. Alpayu: they’re living for a short time, and mandah, mandah means very slow or inferior quality of human being. Not superior.

Inferior quality means in this age there is practically no brahmana; all sudras. Kalau sudra sambhavah, actually also it is so, because people in this age, if he gets one nice service, master, he is satisfied. One wife, one service, then his life is daksyam kutumba bharanam. In this age if one can maintain his wife and few children, ah, he is very expert. He is to be considered daksa, very expert. You have no more to make any sacrifice.

Simply if he is somehow or other able to maintain a wife, that is… That has also become impossible. The social system is coming to such degraded position. In Europe and America I have seen, very few men are family men, you see, because it is botheration. They think it is botheration or it is very heavy task. Actually, in their country it is very heavy task by so many laws and so many conventions. So they avoid marriage. So therefore, in the symptoms of Kali-yuga it has been stated, daksyam kutumba-bharanam. Kutumba means family. If one can maintain his family, he is to be considered as very successful. No, he hasn’t got to make daksa-yajna, or naradeva- yajna, or so many yajna. No. That he has no means. This is the position. Mandah sumanda-matayo [SB 1.1.10].

And if anyone wants to accept something for spiritual, that is sumanda-matayo, something bogus. He will accept something bogus which has no spiritual, I mean to say, reference. He will accept, “I have… I have got this religion.” Mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya. Because they’re all unfortunate, and upadrutah, and always disturbed and anxious by so many external affairs.

Therefore, in this age Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given us very shortcut method, not manufactured by Him. No saintly acarya will manufacture his way. He must refer to the Vedic literature. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu picked up the Vedic instruction, harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam/ kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha [Adi 17.21] from Brhad Naradiya Purana. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam also it is said,

kaler dosa-nidhe rajan asti hy eko mahan gunah kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet

So Caitanya Mahaprabhu picked up these Vedic instruction and introduced it to the world five hundred years ago, and He predicted that this mission should be spread all over the world, and specially the task was entrusted with Indians. He said specifically that,

bharata-bhumite manusya-janma haila yara janma sarthaka kari’ kara para-upakara [Cc. Adi 9.41]

Those who have taken birth as human being in India, they should take this task of distributing Krishna consciousness all over the world, for doing well to others. (applause)

So I request that we have made a background only for spreading Krishna consciousness, and this movement has a great demand all over the world. They are confused with this materialistic way of life. They are not satisfied. Many thousands and thousands of young men, they are confused. They do not know what to do, but they do not like to live like their fathers or grandfathers.

So this is an opportunity for spreading this mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krishna consciousness, and Krishna amongst the scholars, amongst the religionists, amongst the philosophers, even amongst people in general. This Krishna book, Bhagavad-gita, is very well known, so take this opportunity, both ladies and gentlemen in India, and present Krishna consciousness without any adulteration.

Don’t do this misservice, adding something rascaldom in Bhagavad-gita. In Bhagavad-gita it is simply mentioned, and it is described, that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya [Bg. 7.7] There is no greater authority than Krishna.

aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate iti matva bhajante mam budha bhava-samanvitah [Bg. 10.8]

These things are there. So my request is that your South Indian people are very intelligent men, and you are benedicted by the blessings of all acaryas. My sincere request is that you take up this movement seriously and spread all over the world. Join with us.

Thank you very much. (applause) (end)
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