“Swamiji, you have done wonderful”

So Caitanya Mahaprabhu, because people misunderstood Krsna… Krsna asked in the Bhagavad-gita that “You surrender unto Me.” What can He do? He’s God. He’s Krsna. He’s ask you, orders you: “You surrender. I take charge of you.” Aham tvam sarva-pape… But still, people misunderstood: “Oh, why shall I surrender to Krsna? He’s also a man like me. Maybe a little important. But why shall I surrender unto Him?” Because here the material disease is not to surrender. Everyone is puffed-up: “I am something.” This is material disease. Therefore to become cured from this material disease, you have to surrender.

tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya upadeksyanti te jnanam jnaninas tattva-darsinah [Bg. 4.34]

So unless you are prepared to surrender… That is a great difficult job for the materialistic person. Nobody wants to surrender. He wants to compete. Individually, person to person, family to family, nation to nation, everyone is trying to become the master. Where is the question of surrendering? There is no question of surrendering. So this is the disease. Therefore Krsna demands that to cure this rascaldom, or most chronic disease, you surrender. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66] “Then? If I surrender, then whole thing will be failure? My business, my plans, my, so many things…?” No. “I take charge of you. I take charge of you.” Aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah. “Don’t be worried.” So much assurance is there. Still, we are not prepared to surrender, This is our material disease. Therefore Krsna came again as a devotee just to show how to surrender to Krsna. Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam [SB 11.5.32]

So this Krsna consciousness movement is very scientific and authorized. It is not a bogus thing, something manufactured by concoction of the mind. It is authorized, based on the Vedic instruction, as Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. So we teach only this philosophy, that you… Krsna, here is Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are searching after God. You cannot understand what is God. Here is God, Krsna. His name, His activities, everything is there in the Bhagavad-gita. You accept and surrender unto Him. And as Krsna says, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. So we are speaking the same thing. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. We don’t misinterpret. We don’t spoil the whole Bhagavad-gita. We don’t do this mischief. Sometimes people, they say, “Swamiji, you have done wonderful.” But what wonderful? I am not a magician. My only credit is I have not spoiled the Bhagavad-gita. I have presented as it is. Therefore it is successful.
Thank you very much. Hare Krsna. (end)

Bhagavad-gita 2.23
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Hyderabad, November 27, 1972