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PRABHUPADA CLASS : THE GREATEST WELFARE ACTIVITY
Srila Prabhupada, November 2, 1972, Vrindavana: […] So Srila Sanatana Gosvami has informed us (Brihad-bhagavatamrita) that those who are competent, those who have become competent to associate with Krishna, as Krishna says, tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti… [Bg. 4.9]. This mam eti, that spirit soul goes to Krishna first of all within some universe where Krishna is having His pastimes, bhauma-lila. He goes there.
Then just like when a person is trained up as apprentice, then he’s given the post. Just like a magistrate, after passing the examination, I.C.S. examination, he’s trained up under some magistrate, and then he’s given the post. Similarly, a living entity, when he is actually eligible by Krishna consciousness, by development of Krishna consciousness, then immediately after giving up this body, he’s transferred to that universe where Krishna is there. Bhauma-lila.
And after his being trained up thoroughly, then he’s transferred to the original Krishnaloka, Goloka Vrindavana. (aside:) These boys may be given some prasadam. These boys who have come. Come here, boys! Ask them. Come here. One in hand… (Syamasundara is distributing rasagullas in background)
So the, my point is that how swift is the spirit soul that either he goes to one of the universes… One of the universes means there are millions and trillions of universes. That we do not know. We have got information of this universe, materially.
But from Vedic literature, we get information there are millions and trillions of universes like this. We can see only one universe. We get this information from Brahma-samhita: yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti [Bs. 5.40]. This very word is used. Jagad-anda means “one universe.” And koti, koti means “millions.”
So there are unlimited number of universes also. And in each universe, kotisu vasudhadi-vibhuti-bhinnam, in each universe, there are millions and trillions of planets, each different from one another. This is the creation. So just imagine that what is God’s creation, how He attains every universe continually. His lila is going on.
As soon as in one universe the Krishna’s birth, appearance, is finished, immediately in another universe His birth takes place. This is called nitya-lila. Exactly like… The same example: as soon as six-thirty, morning, finished here in India, immediately the six-thirty of the sunrise in some other place. Six-thirty another place. another… The six thirty is going on.
It is very easy to understand. The six-thirty or seven-thirty or eight, nine, whatever you take, that is going on. That is called nitya-lila. Krishna’s lila is going on. So just imagine how many universes are there.
So the spirit soul has got immense power, immense power. That is only fragment of Krishna, part and parcel. Now, just you can imagine what is the power of Krishna. A…, a small, fragmental portion of Krishna… Mamaivamso jiva-bhutah [Bg. 15.7]. The living entity, he has got so much potencies. And what potency Krishna has got, who is full of spiritual potency?
So actually if we want to be happy, as part and parcel of Krishna, we must join Him. That is our value. This example I have given several times, that a small screw of a machine has got immense value when it is attached with the machine. The same small screw, when it is detached from the machine, it has no value.
Not even a farthing. Similarly, we are part and parcel of Krishna, Vasudeva. Our value is in full when we join Krishna, when we dovetail our activities in Krishna consciousness. Then it is valuable. Otherwise the so-called progress is simply illusion. There is no progress. It is simply illusion. Ato vai kavayo nityam bhaktim paramaya muda. Full Lecture
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