“I am the taste of the water.”
Prabhupada, Ahmedabad, December 8, 1970: […] Now at the present moment in India, especially in this part, there is scarcity water. Why? If we are independent of God, we can take advantage of the sea water. There is sufficient water. God also supplies water from the stock of sea water.
And in the Bhagavad-gita it is said, raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh. One who cannot understand immediately the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, he can try to understand Him by His different potencies. Just like He says that “I am the taste of the water.”
Raso ’ham apsu kaunteya: taste of water, or the sweetness of water. So there is sufficient supply of water in the oceans and the seas. Then why we are in scarcity of water? Because that taste of the water should be changed by the grace of Krishna.
Otherwise you cannot use it. That is Krishna consciousness. You can also change, by distilling the sea water, or ocean water, but it will not be as tasteful as it is done by God. Or you can say nature. The same water, taken from the ocean, transferred, transformed into cloud, the cloud is distributed, and water, rain, falls. You get nice distilled water, tasteful water.
So if you are going to challenge there is no existence of God, then you can do it. Why don’t you do it? Why you are so much in scarcity of water? I do not think any scientist can very boldly answer that “Yes, we can do and we can defy the existence of God, or the mercy of God.”
That is not possible. Raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh. Krishna says that “I am the shining of the sun and the moon.” Now, there…, there are so many great scientists, and expert in chemical composition, making chemical composition.
Why not make a small sun on the head of the city so that you save so much expenditure of electric light? They’ll say, “Oh, the composition of the sun is like this, that.” So many theories. But why not prepare also? If you know the composition, make it a sample sun and see that it is shining.
So they…, there are many, so many theories for avoiding God consciousness, but that is not very practical.
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