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Prabhupada, Bombay, March 25, 1974: […] So if you can approach such pure devotee… As it is stated in the Brahma-samhita, adurlabham atma-bhaktau [BS 5.33]. This is atma-bhaktau, a pure devotee. He can deliver you Krishna. “Take Krishna. Here is Krishna.” Krishna-prema… That is…
The symbolic representation is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He’s described by Rupa Gosvami:
namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te krsnaya krsna-caitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah [Madhya 19.53]
When Rupa Gosvami… He was minister in the government of Nawab Hussain Shah. At that time, very exalted personality. He could understand Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mission. Therefore when he first met Him at Allahabad, Prayaga, he offered his respect with these words: namo maha-vadanyaya, the most munificent incarnation. Why? Krishna-prema-pradaya te. “You are distributing Krishna-prema. It is very difficult to understand Krishna, but You are so kind that You are immediately delivering love of Krishna.”
You can know one person. But to develop love for him, that is another transaction. So people cannot understand even Krishna, and what is the saying of Krishna’s love? But Caitanya Mahaprabhu is so kind that He’s immediately giving krsna-prema, love of Krishna. Therefore He is described as the most munificent incarnation. Krishna Himself could not deliver Himself. He wanted. “First of all you surrender.” Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66] But Caitanya Mahaprabhu is so kind. Simply through this chanting and dancing, He is distributing love of Krishna.
You can see practically. These boys from European and American countries, means all over the world, why they are chanting and dancing in this way? Do you think they have become mad? And one says, “Yes, they have become mad.” Why? For love of Krishna. Now they have began they have become lover of Krishna. So krsna-prema is like that. That is through the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the symbolic representation of devotee. Bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam namami bhakta-saktikam. Namami bhakta-saktikam. He can give the strength to the devotee so that he can develop his dormant love of Krishna. Therefore in the Brahma-samhita it is stated that adurlabham atma-bhaktau. If one is pure devotee, for him, Krsna is available very easy. He says in the Bhagavad-gita. Bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah [Bg. 18.55] “One can understand Me in truth…” Yavan yas casmi tattvatah. “Which is very, very difficult.”
manusyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye yatatam api siddhanam kascin mam vetti tattvatah [Bg. 7.3]
To understand Krsna as He is, it is difficult. But if you take to this process of devotional service…
sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam [SB 7.5.23]
Either of these process. All the process or either of these. You become successful to develop your dormant Krishna consciousness, and then your life becomes successful. Thank you very much. (end)
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