The king of heaven, he made some offense at the feet of his spiritual master, Brhaspati, and he cursed him that, “You are just like a hog. You take the birth of a hog.” So he became a hog. Now, when the throne of the heavenly kingdom was vacant due to the absence of Indra—he has become a hog in this earth—so Brahma came. Brahma came that, “Mr. Such- and-such, you have now become hog for your offensive activities. Now I have come to deliver you. Please come with me.” Now, the hog said, “Oh, I cannot go with you. I cannot go with you. Oh, I have got so many responsibilities. I have got my children. I have got my wife. I have got my country. I have got my society.” The hog, he’s… So even you offer the hog to take him to the heaven, he will refuse. “Oh, I have got so much responsibility.” This is called forgetfulness. This is called forgetfulness.
Now, the Lord Krsna comes that “What you are nonsense doing this material world?” Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: [Bg. 18.66] “You come to Me. I give you all protection.” “Oh, I don’t believe You, Sir. I have got more important business here. I don’t believe You.” This is our position. This is our position, forgetfulness. A conditioned soul is forgetful, forgetful. Praksepatmika, viksepatmika. There are… Two forces of nature is acting upon us by which we decide something that “We now, this life, I shall make spiritual advancement. Now it is decided.” And next moment the illusory maya, or illusory energy, says, “What nonsense spiritual life you are going to do? Just enjoy this here. You have got so many enjoyments. Why you are thinking like that?” So praksepatmika, viksepatmika. This is going on. So forgetfulness. So that is the difference between God and man.
Here, in the Bhagavad-gita, it is clearly said that “My dear Arjuna, you also had many, many births. You were, you are also, because you are constant companion of Me, so whenever I take incarnation in the, any planet, so you also, you are also with Me. So when I took incarnation in the sun planet and I spoke this Bhagavad-gita to sun- god, you were also present with Me, but unfortunately, you have forgotten. Because you are a living being and I am the Supreme Lord.” That is the difference between the Supreme Lord… I cannot remember. Forgetfulness is my nature.
Now, you cannot say… Now… Just now it is eight o’clock. Can you say exactly at eight o’clock what you had been doing in the morning or yesterday, this evening. Oh, you have to remember it. So while I cannot remember even what I was doing twelve hours before or twenty-four hours before, oh, what I can remember what was going on in my previous life? It is not possible.
Bhagavad-gita 4.3-6
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
New York, July 18, 1966
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