爱的乞丐——圣帕布帕德《布茹阿玛·萨密塔》诗节34讲座
1968年9月13日，三藩市
圣帕布帕德：（唱）
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantamlakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmigovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
跟着唱！
奉献者：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
圣帕布帕德：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
奉献者：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
圣帕布帕德：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
奉献者：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
圣帕布帕德：这首献给哥文达的祷文出自《布茹阿玛·萨密塔》。这是一部非常古老的文献，没人知道这里面的话是什么时候说的，但是我们知道这些诗节的作者是布茹阿玛，主柴坦尼亚在南印度旅行的时候，他在一个庙宇里得到这本书，手写的，然年后他将这本书交给了他的奉献者。所以这是一本非常权威的书。这本书里栩栩如生地描述了奎师那。他的场所，他的活动，他的形象，所有一切都有生动的描述。所以这节诗，这不是第一个诗节。这是第五章的第34个诗节。Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam。这个地方，cintāmaṇi……，Cintāmaṇi是一种石头。在超然的世界里，就像我们在这里的经验，这里的房子是用砖建造的，那里的房子是用cintāmaṇi石头建造的。这石头是cintāmaṇi……当然，没法精确的翻译出来，但是可以理解为这是一种点金石。点金石意味着这个石头碰到铁，就能把铁变成金子。
这里描述奎师那的王国有房子，cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu。Prakara的含义是房子。Andcintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa，那里的树都是如愿树。如愿树是什么？就像在这里，在这个物质世界，一棵树只能结一种水果或花，当时如愿树意味着无论你想要什么，都可以立刻从这个树上得到。所以说，cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu, kalpa-vṛkṣa。Kalpa的含义是无论你想要什么，无论你要什么。Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu。这样的树并不是只有一棵。就像你们国家这里，你走到城市外面，有成千上万棵树，但是既没有水果也没有花朵，而是为了燃料或其他目的才种了这些树。但是在那里，有千百万棵树，都是如愿树。无论你想要什么，立刻就有了。这些树会立刻提供。Prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu。而且surabhīrabhipālayantam。奎师那在做一个牧牛童。他在牧牛。什么样的母牛？Surabhiḥ。Surabhiḥ的意思是这头牛你想要多少牛奶就可以给你提供多少，挤多少次都可以，只要你想都可以从那头牛那里取奶。大量的牛奶，surabhīr abhipālayantam。Lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānam，主被成百上千，成千上万的幸运女神崇拜着。牧牛姑娘们，你们可以看这里的图片。这只是一小部分而已。但是在灵性的王国，主始终被成千上万幸运女神怀着最大的敬意和顶拜与奉爱服务着。幸运女神意味着她们最美丽，这就是奎师那的场所，奎师那的王国，奎师那的活动，一切都是完美圆满的。
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantamlakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
人格首神，哥文达，奎师那是原初之人。《终极韦达经》中说，“梵是谁？梵是什么？绝对真理是什么？”（中断）
奉献者：（唱）……
圣帕布帕德：这里描述哥文达非常喜欢吹笛子，venum。Venum的意思是笛子。Veṇuṁkvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ。他的眼睛就像莲花瓣。非常漂亮的眼睛。Veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam。他还喜欢孔雀翎，头戴孔雀翎。你们会发现奎师那始终戴着孔雀翎。。他穿戴着贵重的头盔，头戴头盔，当时他还是戴着一根孔雀翎。Barhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam，他肤色黝黑，就像乌云。他并不是肤色白皙，奎师那的肤色是黝黑的……他非常美丽，最有吸引力。这里，当然，在这个物质世界，我们不喜欢黑肤色，我们想要白皮肤。但是奎师那，原初之人，他是黝黑的，但不是像这样的黑色。Kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham。他的魅力超过千百万爱神。你们听过爱神的名字。他非常迷人，让人爱，但是这里说，kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ。就算你把千百万爱神聚到一起，还是无法与奎师那的魅力相提并论。奎师那非常美丽。Kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ。Veṇuṁ kvaṇantam，永远在吹笛子。（唱）
veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁbarhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgamkandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
奉献者：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
圣帕布帕德：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
奉献者：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
圣帕布帕德：所以大家可以想象一下奎师那知觉之人的地位。每个人都在崇拜别人。有的人在崇拜他妻子，有的人在崇拜她丈夫，有的人在崇拜国家的领导人，有的人在崇拜这个，崇拜那个，崇拜那个。如果他一无所有，他就会崇拜猫，崇拜狗。但是我们在崇拜原初之人，奎师那。所以看看我们的地位。Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。我们恭维的不是普通的东西。我们俘获的是原初之人。Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。为什么不呢？他如此……
奉献者：（都热情的发自肺腑地大声呼喊）佳亚，哈利波！
圣帕布帕德：他非常美丽。（笑声）Kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ。他在呼唤我们，用他的笛声，美妙的笛声。当他吹起笛子，所有牧牛姑娘，她们都会抛下家庭责任，抛下一切，去找奎师那。她们的父亲，她们的兄弟，她们的丈夫会朝他们呼喊，“你要去哪儿？这半夜三更的！”“不，我们要去找奎师那。”
奉献者：（笑声）佳亚，哈利波！
圣帕布帕德：所以，奎师那非常美妙。他只想吸引我们，只渴望你们的爱，在这里，在温达文。他显现在温达文，在温达文展示他的逍遥时光，他的活动，只是为了吸引我们。多值得我们去爱的对象！你们都在寻找爱的对象。你们总是失败。这里有完整圆满，如果你去爱，你也会变得完整圆满。只需要就能够得到这位哥文达。你不需要其他资格。他这么伟大，他是至尊人格首神，他是万事万物的主人，但是他想要你什么么？《博伽梵歌》中说，patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati。（BG9.26）你可以用一朵花，一个水果，一点水来崇拜奎师那，仅此而已。多容易！任何一个穷人都能弄到一朵花，一个水果，一点水。你不需要赚到成千上万美金再去崇拜奎师那。奎师那为什么要向你伸手要钱，向你要美金，或者千百万卢比？不。他是自给自足的。他拥有一切，完完全全的一切。他不是乞丐。但是，他又是乞丐。怎么说？他在乞求你的爱。因此他说， patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati。他并不是向你要一朵花，一个水果，而是奎师那说，“如果要给我。请给我，因为这是爱的表现。你们从我这里拿走了很多。我为你们提供光，我提供空气，我给你们提供水，我给你们提供生命，食物，万事万物。你们就不能回馈我点什么吗？我要的只是一朵花，一个水果，一片叶子。”所以他要的是什么？他要的是yo me bhaktyā prayacchati。他要的只是巴克提，或者说爱，纯粹的爱。Yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ。因为奉献者是奎师那的爱人，怀着爱与奉献带来这些东西，因此奎师那说，aham aśnāmi：“我接受并吃掉。”
奉献者：佳亚，哈利波！
圣帕布帕德：所以崇拜奎师那并不是很费钱的事情。你需要做的只是下定决心，“我只爱奎师那。”如果你只爱奎师那，那么你就真的会爱一切。如果你爱……因为你爱的是根源。就像你把食物送进胃里，那么你就把营养送往全身各出。就是这个道理。《博伽瓦谭》里讲了这个方法。
yathā taror mūla-niṣecanena}tṛpyanti tat-skandha-bhujopaśākhāḥprāṇopahārāc ca yathendriyāṇāṁtatha (iva) sarvārhaṇam acyutejyā（SB4.31.14：正如往树根浇水，供给树干、树枝和嫩枝等树的各个部分以能量，给胃提供食物使感官和身体四肢充满活力，仅仅靠做奉爱服务崇拜至尊人格首神，作为至尊人物各个部分的半神人们自然就满意了。）
正是如此，，你给树根浇水，水会立刻传送到树枝、树叶、花朵和果实——传到树的每一个角落。每个人都知道这一点。这是科学。但是如果你把水浇到一片叶子上，或者一千片叶子上，那也不以为着其他叶子会得到好处。所以，当前人们都被人类慈善活动所吸引。哦，他们能做什么人类慈善活动。你掌控不了。你能做点事，但是非常有限。还有很多生物体，它们不是人类。生物体有八百四十万种，人类只是其中很小的一部分。人类只有四十万种。其他生物体，还有八百万种。这不难理解。如果你对三藩市的生物做一个调查，那么居住在这个城市里的人类，相对于这里的鸟类、兽类、水生动物、蚂蚁以及许许多多其他生物体，人类只是很小很小的一部分。所以如果你服务的只是一小部分的人类，那这服务有什么价值？这服务有什么意义？
因此，《博伽瓦谭》中说，就像给树根浇水你可以服务所有叶子、花朵、树枝和整棵树，就像把食物送进你的胃，你就能服务你身体所有枝干，同样，只需要爱奎师那，你就可以学会如何爱每一个人。如果你不爱奎师那，即便你爱全宇宙，还是不完美。不完美。因为我们没有爱奎师那，因此我们才会党同伐异。就像，比如你们国家，或者任何国家，没关系。我只是在举例，我并不是要攻击谁，我只是举例。你爱你的国民。这很好，但你为什么不爱你国的母牛？它们也是生物体。它们也出生在这个国家。它们就没有生存的权利么？哦，你知道通过辩论，通过逻辑，你会接受，“是的。”但是因为我们不爱奎师那，所以就会有偏向，一些生物体应该爱，另一些生物体要送去屠宰场。为什么会有这样的缺陷？这个缺陷就是因为你们缺乏对奎师那的爱。一旦你试着去爱奎师那，那么你就会发现，“哦，这些母牛也是我的兄弟，哦，这些黑人也是我的兄弟，这些白人也是我的兄弟，这些蚂蚁也是我的兄弟，这些狗是我的兄弟，这些树是我的兄弟，万事万物都是我的兄弟。”这才是四海之内皆兄弟。如果你只是嘴上说四海之内皆兄弟，你却不爱奎师那，呵呵，那根本是空谈。（笑声）根本毫无用处。因此，现实就是这样。他们声称和平和繁荣，他们在美国内争斗不已。和平何在？繁荣何在？都是因为缺乏对奎师那的爱。
所以，这个奎师那知觉对人类社会来说非常迫切。他们应该学会如何爱奎师那。那么一切才会得到矫正，很容易。这不是乌托邦理论；这是很实际的。有许多实例，那些追随这一原则的，我们协会的学生，问问他们如何爱其他人，问问他们如何爱所有人，因为他们在努力爱奎师那。所以govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。因此我们的方法是，努力去爱原初之人。一旦你成为爱的专家……你们在我们的《回归首神》杂志里有一张画，一个猎人被授以奎师那知觉后，他甚至会爱惜蚂蚁。你们谁看过我们奎师那的图片？这里有没有《回归首神》杂志？你能不能展示下这张画？
这个故事是，这里猎人他在森林里打猎，因为猎人的本职工作就是去杀戮。我简单的讲。你们在最近出版的《回归首神》杂志里可以找到这个故事和图片。纳茹阿达，因为他是外士那瓦，他是奎师那的爱人，当他经过森林，他看见这些半死不活的动物正饱受折磨，在抽搐。他非常有善心，“哦，谁对这些可怜的动物犯下这样的恶性？”他找到猎人，走了过去。猎人问，“你为什么要妨碍我干活？”纳茹阿达说，“我亲爱的猎人，我想求你件事。”猎人想，“这个商人是个乞丐，他可能找我要一些兽皮，鹿皮或者老虎皮。”于是他说，“没问题，让我干我该干的事。我给你兽皮，只要你喜欢都可以。”纳茹阿达说，“不，不，我不想要你的东西。我想求你件事。”“什么事？”“既然你在捕猎动物，你为什么不立刻杀死他们？为什么让他们半死不活，让它们受这么多折磨？”“哦，”猎人说，“我接受的训练就是如此。我父亲教我如何狩猎。我乐在其中。”于是纳茹阿达说，“那么我的请求就是，如果你要捕猎，请你立刻杀死他们。不要半死不活。这样罪大恶极。”然后猎人问，“有什么罪恶？”纳茹阿达说，“你杀死了这么多动物，你累积了很多罪恶。”于是纳茹阿达做了很多解释说明，猎人的心变得柔软一些，他问，“怎样才能摆脱这些罪恶活动？”纳茹阿达说，“如果你能遵守我的训示，你就能摆脱这些罪恶活动。”“那我现在该做什么？”纳茹阿达说，“先折断你的弓，然后我再告诉你。”“哦，如果我折断我的弓，我户口的工具就没了。”“不，不要担心。”“那我吃什么？”“我，我会给你送吃的。”于是猎人同意了：“只要你能解决我的食物问题，我就听你的。”纳茹阿达说，“号的，我会给你送各种食物。那你要放弃这个职业，跟我走。”于是猎人和他妻子都随纳茹阿达走了，纳茹阿达把他们安置在帕亚嘎的恒河岸边，他说，“你坐在这里，念诵哈瑞奎师那。我会给你送了你需要的各种食物。”“好的，先生。可别忘了我，（笑声）因为我已经放弃自己的职业了。”（笑声）
第二天整个村庄都传遍了猎人成了外士那瓦，一个光头的男孩，（笑声）外士那瓦。（笑声）在印度，传统是如果人去庙宇，或者去见一位圣人，特别是女士，他们手里会带着粮食，至少一捧，献出去。二十个、五十个人来，这就足够庙长所用。今天印度还有这样的传统。印度还有成千上万的庙宇，虽然印度很贫穷，但是这些庙宇还是被维系着……就是由人们这一点一滴的食物维系着。他们会捐献。如果一位托钵僧去到居士家里，他是不会被拒之门外的。至少会给他一点米，一点面。这就是传统。于是很多人都去看猎人，看他怎么就成了外士那瓦，圣人，并且捐赠，有人捐一些面粉，有人捐一些豆子，有人捐一些大米，有人捐一些水果。“哦，”他们想，“哦，为什么纳茹阿达送来这么多？我们只有两个人，丈夫和妻子，但是他每天送来的足够二十个人吃了。”于是他相信，“只要我念诵哈瑞奎师那，我就不会有饥馑之虞。纳茹阿达会送来一切，就是这样。”
于是，通过念诵，他们慢慢灵性非常进步。有一天纳茹阿达对他的朋友帕尔瓦塔说，“我亲爱的帕尔瓦塔，我在帕亚嘎有一个门徒。他之前是猎人，我启迪他念诵哈瑞奎师那。咱们去看看他现在怎么样。”于是两个人去到那里，传统是门徒看到灵性导师，应该立刻致以顶拜，并好好招待他。当他远远看到纳茹阿达，他看到他脚边有一些蚂蚁，于是他把这些蚂蚁移开，以免自己踩死它们……（中断）
圣帕布帕德：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
奉献者：（唱）govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi。
圣帕布帕德：谢谢大家。
奉献者：佳亚。（至此结束）
Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā, Verse 34—San Francisco, September 13, 1968
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Prabhupāda: (singing)
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantamlakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmigovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
Chant!
Devotees: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Prabhupāda: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Devotees: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Prabhupāda: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Devotees: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Prabhupāda: This prayer for Govinda is from Brahma-saṁhitā. It is very old literature, and nobody can say when it was spoken, but it is understood that these verses were written by Brahmā, and when Lord Caitanya was traveling in South India He picked up this book from a temple, hand-written, and He delivered to His devotees. So, it is very authorized book. In this book the description of Kṛṣṇa is very vivid, vividly given. There His place, His activities, His form, everything is there nicely given. So, this, this verse, it is, it is not first verse. This is the 34th verse of the Fifth Chapter. Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam. That, that place, cintāmaṇi ... Cintāmaṇi, a stone. In the transcendental world the, as we have got experience here, the houses are made of bricks, there the houses are made of cintāmaṇi stone. The cintāmaṇi stone is..., of course there is no exact translation, but it is understood it is something like touchstone. Touchstone means the stone which if it touches a iron, it transforms into gold.
So, the abode of Kṛṣṇa is described that there are houses, cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu. Prakara means house. Andcintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa, and that the trees are desire trees. What is that desire tree? Just like here in, in this material world, a tree is meant for delivering a particular fruit or flower, but desire tree means whatever you desire you get immediately delivered from the tree. That is called, cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu, kalpa-vṛkṣa. Kalpa means whatever you like, whatever you will. Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu. Such trees are not one. Just like here in your country, as soon as you go outside the city there are hundreds and thousands of trees, there is neither fruit nor flower, but they are meant for fuel or some other purposes. But there, there are many millions of trees which are all desire trees. Whatever you want, it is present there. The tree will supply immediately. Prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu. And surabhīrabhipālayantam. Kṛṣṇa is engaged in, as, a cowherds boy. He is herding cows. What sort of cows? Surabhiḥ. Surabhiḥ means that cow supplies you milk as much as you like, and as many times you can, you like, you can draw milk from that cow. Immense supply of milk, surabhīr abhipālayantam. Lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānam, and the Lord is worshiped by many hundreds, thousands of goddess of fortune. The gopīs, here you see the picture. That is a little sample only. But in the transcendental kingdom the Lord is always served with all great respect and obeisances and devotion, many thousands of goddess of fortune. That goddess of fortune means they are most beautiful, and everything is complete, that such a place and such abode and such activities are described about Kṛṣṇa.
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantamlakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
And that Personality of Godhead, Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, is the original person. As in the Vedānta-sūtra it is said, "Who isBrahman? What is Brahman? What is the Absolute Truth?" (break)
Devotees: (singing) ...tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Prabhupāda: So, the description is that Govinda is very fond of playing on flute, venum. Venum means flute. Veṇuṁkvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ. His eyes are just like lotus petals. Very beautiful eyes. Veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam. And He likes peacock feather, peacock feather on the head. So you will find Kṛṣṇa always with peacock feather. He wears a very valuable helmet, helmet on His head, but you will find one peacock feather. Barhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam, and His complexion of the body is blackish, just like new clouds. He is not that complexion light; He is blackish, Kṛṣṇa, and..., but He is so beautiful, all-attractive. Here, of course, in this material world, blackish we do not like; we want fair complexion. But Kṛṣṇa, the original person, He is blackish, but not blackish like this. Kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham. His beauty is surpassing many millions of Cupids. You have heard the name of Cupid. He is a very enchanting person, loving person, but here it is descibed, kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ. If you assemble millions of Cupids in one place, still it can not be compared with the beauty of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is so beautiful. Kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ. Veṇuṁ kvaṇantam, always playing on flute. (singing)
veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁbarhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgamkandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
Devotees: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Prabhupāda: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Devotees: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Prabhupāda: So just imagine the position of the Kṛṣṇa conscious person. Everyone is worshiping somebody. Somebody is worshiping his wife, somebody is worship..., worshiping his husband, somebody is worshiping the leader of the country, somebody is worshiping something, something, something. And if anyone has nothing, then somebody is worshiping a dog, a cat. But we are worshiping the original person, Kṛṣṇa. Just see our position. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. We are not flattering ordinary things. We have captured the original. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. And why not? He is so...
Devotees: (all shout simultaneously, enthusiastically) Jaya, hari bol!
Prabhupāda: He is so beautiful. (laughter) Kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ. And calling us, by playing on His flute, nice flute. When He was playing His flute, all the gopīs, they would give up all their family duties, everything, and go off toKṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa. Their fathers, their brothers, their husbands, who will call them, "Where you are going? It is dead of night!" "No, we are going to Kṛṣṇa."
Devotees: (laughter) Jaya, hari bol!
Prabhupāda: So, Kṛṣṇa is so nice. Just to attract us, that you want love, here, at Vṛndāvana, He appears at Vṛndāvana, inVṛndāvana, and shows His līlā, His activities, just to attract us. How lovable object! You are trying to find out something lovable. You are being frustrated. Here is something complete, if you love, you will become complete. And this Govinda can be achieved simply by love. You don't require any other qualification. He is so great, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is the proprietor of everything, but what does He want from you? In the Bhagavad-gītā He says, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati [Bg. 9.26]. We can worship Kṛṣṇa with a little flower, with a little fruit, a little water, that's all. How universal it is! A little flower, a little fruit, a little water can be collected by any poor man. You don't require to earn many thousands of dollars to worship Kṛṣṇa. Why Kṛṣṇa will ask you, you contribute dollars, or millions of rupees? No. He is full in Himself. He has got everything, complete. So He is not beggar. But, He is beggar. In what sense? He is begging your love. Therefore He says that patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati. He is not beggar from you a little flower, a little fruit, but Kṛṣṇa said, "If something should be given to Me. Please try to give Me something, because that is the token of love. You are taking so many things from Me. I am supplying you light, I am supplying air, I am supplying you water, I am supplying you life, food, everything. You can not reciprocate something for Me? I am asking you simply a little water, little flower, a little leaf." So, what does He want? He wants yo me bhaktyā prayacchati. He wants simply bhakti, or love, pure love.Yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ. And because a devotee is lover of Kṛṣṇa, brings these things in love and devotion, therefore Kṛṣṇa says, aham aśnāmi: "I get that and eat that."
Devotees: Jaya, hari bol!
Prabhupāda: So Kṛṣṇa worship is not very costly affair. Simply you have to decide that "I shall love only Kṛṣṇa." And if you love only Kṛṣṇa, then you will actually love everything. If you love..., because you are loving the root. Just like if you supply foodstuff to your stomach, then you supply foodstuff all the parts of your body. This is the method. The Bhāgavata describes this method.
yathā taror mūla-niṣecanena}tṛpyanti tat-skandha-bhujopaśākhāḥprāṇopahārāc ca yathendriyāṇāṁtatha (iva) sarvārhaṇam acyutejyā[SB 4.31.14]
Just like, taror mūla-niṣecanena, if you supply water on the root of the tree, the water is immediately transferred to the branches, to the leaves, to the flowers, to the fruits—everywhere. Everyone knows it. It is scientific. But if you supply water to one leaf, or thousand leaves, it does not mean that other leaves are also getting the benefit. So, at the present moment, people are captivated for human welfare activities. Oh, what human welfare activities they will do? It is not in your power. You can do something, but very limited. There are living entities, they are not only human beings. There are 8,400,000's of living entities, and the human living entities they are only minute portion. They are only 400,000's these, only. Other living entities, they are eight million. That is not very difficult to understand. If you take a census of the living entities in the city of San Francisco, then the census of the human being residing in this city, they will be very, a small number in comparison to the birds, bests, aquatics, ants, and so many other living entities, so many other living entities. So, suppose a portion of human living entity you serve, then what is the value of service? What is the value of that service?
Therefore, the Bhāgavata says, just like watering the root of the tree you can serve all the leaves, flowers, branches, and everything of the tree, just by supplying foodstuff to your stomach you can serve all the limbs of your body, similarly, simply by loving Kṛṣṇa you can learn how to love everyone. If you don't love Kṛṣṇa, and if you love the whole universe, it is still imperfect. Imperfect. And, because we are not loving Kṛṣṇa, therefore we are sectarian. Just like, take for example your country, or any country, it doesn't matter. I am giving example, I am not attacking anybody, I am giving example. You love your countrymen. That's very nice, but why don't you love the cows of your country? As it... It is also living entity. They are also born in this country. Have they not right to live? Oh, you know in argument, in logic, you will accept, "Yes." But because we do not loveKṛṣṇa, therefore there is partiality, that one section of the living entities should be loved, and the another section of the living entities should be sent to the slaughterhouse. Why this defect? This defect is due to your lack of loving affairs with Kṛṣṇa. And as soon as you try to love Kṛṣṇa, then you will see, "Oh, the cows are my brothers, oh, the black people are my brothers, the white people are my brothers, the ants are my brothers, the dogs are my brothers, the trees are my brother, everyone my brother." That is universal brotherhood. If you simply talk of universal brotherhood, and you do not love Kṛṣṇa, hah, then it is useless. (laughter) It is useless. Therefore, actually it is happening. They are proclaiming peace and prosperity, and they are fighting in the United Nations. But where is the peace? Then where is the prosperity? Because lacking love of Kṛṣṇa.
Therefore, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is very urgent necessity for the human society. They should learn how to love Kṛṣṇa. Then everything will be adjusted, very easily. It is not utopian theory; it is practical. There are many instances, and those who are following, the students in, in our society, ask them how they love others, how they love everyone, because they are..., they are trying to love Kṛṣṇa. So govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. Therefore our process is, try to love the original person. And as soon as you become an expert lover... You will find in, in our Back to Godhead there is a picture that a hunter, after being initiated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is loving even the ants. Those who have seen our Kṛṣṇa pictures. Have you got Back to Godhead here? You can show picture?
The story is, the hunter, a hunter was killing in the forest many animals, because hunter's business is to kill. So, I am speaking very shortly. The story and the picture you will find in Back to Godhead recently published. And Nārada, because he isVaiṣṇava, he is lover of Kṛṣṇa, when he was passing on the path in the forest, he saw that many half-dead animals are in torture, flapping. So, he was very kind. "Oh, who has done this mischief, these poor animals?" So he searched out the hunter, and he went there. The hunter asked me, "Oh, why you are disturbing my business?" So Nārada said, "My dear hunter, I have come to beg something from you." So hunter thought that "This mendicant is a beggar, so he might have come to me to beg some skins, or deer skin or tiger skin." So he said, "All right, please, let me do my business. I shall give you skins, whatever you like." Nāradasaid, "No, no, I don't want anything from you. I have come to request you something." "What is that?" "How, if you are killing animals, why don't you kill them all at once? Why you are killing them half, and giving them so much torture?" "Oh," he said that "I have been educated in that way. I have been trained in that way killing of animals by my father. I take pleasure in it." SoNārada said, "So my request to you is that if you want to kill animals, please kill them immediately. Don't kill half. This is very great sinful." Then he inquired, "What is the sin?" He said that "You are killing so many animals, so you are accumulating sins." Then he explained everything, so he became little softened, and he inquired that "How to get out of these sinful activities?" ThatNārada said that "If you follow my instruction, then you can get free from these sinful activities." "Now, what I will have to do?" He said that "First of all break your bow, then I shall tell you." "Oh, if I break my bow, then my business instrument is gone." "No, don't be afraid." "Then how shall I eat?" "Oh, I shall send you food." So then he agreed: "If you solve my food problem, then I will follow you." So Nārada said, "Yes, I shall send you all kinds of food. You give up this business, and come with me." So the hunter and his wife went with Nārada, and Nārada fixed them a place on the bank of the Ganges at Prayāga, and he said that "You sit down here and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. I shall send you all food that you require." "All right sir. Don't forget (laughter), because I have given up my business." (laughter)
So next day it was advertised in the village that the hunter has become a Vaiṣṇava, a bare-headed boy (laughter), Vaiṣṇava. (laughter) So, in the, in India it is the system that if anyone goes to a temple or to a saintly person, the ladies especially, and they take some grains in hand, at least one palmful, and contributes. So, ten, twenty, fifty people are coming, and it becomes sufficient for the temple-keepers. That is the system in India still. Still there are many hundreds and thousands of temples in India, and India is advertised as poverty-stricken, but all these temples are being maintain..., maintained by the people from the morsel of their food, still. They contribute. If a sannyāsī goes to the house of a householder, he will never be refused. At least he should be given a little rice, little flour. That is the system. So, so many people are coming to see them, how they have becomeVaiṣṇava, saintly person, and contributing, somebody flour, somebody dahl, somebody rice, somebody fruit. "Oh," they thought. "Oh, why Nārada is sending so much? We are only two persons, husband and wife, and he is sending more than twenty person foodstuffs, daily." So, he was convinced that "If I chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, I will not starve. Nārada will send everything, that's all."
So, gradually by chanting they became very highly advanced spiritually. So one day Nārada said to his friend Parvata, "My dear Parvata, I have got a disciple in Prayāga. He was hunter, and I have initiated him to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Let us go and see how he is doing." So, two friends are coming there, and it is the system that the disciple, by seeing the spiritual master, should immediately offer obeisances and receive him very nicely. So when he was going to receive from distant place Nārada, he saw some ants were on the feet, and he was trying to remove them so that they may not die, pressure of his foot... (break)
Prabhupāda: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Devotees: (singing) govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.
Prabhupāda: Thank you.
Devotees: Jaya. (end)