Prabhupada, New York, December 30, 1966: So this Bhagavad-gita is being taught by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to Arjuna. He says again the same thing. He’s repeating that yat te ’ham priyamanaya vaksyami hita-kamyaya. “Because you are My dear friend, I desire that you become prosperous, you become happy. Therefore I am speaking to you.” Do you think that Krishna is not interested with others? To make them happy and prosperous? No. He’s, He’s equally disposed. He wants everyone to be happy and peaceful and prosperous. But they do not want it. That is the difficulty.
Just like the sunshine is open to everyone. Sunshine is not for any particular nation or particular country or particular person or community. It is open for everyone. But, if somebody wants to remain in darkness, closing his doors, do not come out, then what poor sunshine can do for him?
Similarly, this Bhagavad-gita, the instruction of Bhagavad-gita, is open to everyone, everyone. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gita:
mam hi partha vyapasritya ye ’pi syuh papa-yonayah striyo vaisyas tatha sudras te ’pi yanti param gatim [Bg. 9.32]
Anyone, never mind what he is… There are different kinds of species of life. Some of them are considered as lower. Some of them are considered higher. That is our material conception. And actually, according to the different qualities, according to the different modes of nature, there are different situations and there are lower grade, higher grade understanding also. That is a fact. But Krishna says that, “Anyone, never mind what he is, papa-yonayah…” Papa-yonayah means “those who are in the lower birth.” So, so Bhagavad-gita is transcendental subject matter. It does not depend on the qualification of the student. Anyone. Anyone can understand Bhagavad-gita provided he agrees to understand according to the principles. That’s all.
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