Prabhupāda: You cannot manufacture your knowledge. That is not . . . because you are defective—your senses are imperfect—so whatever knowledge you get through your senses, that is all imperfect. You cannot get perfect knowledge by your imperfect senses. That is not possible. Therefore the Vedic injunction is tad vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). In order to learn that transcendental science you have to approach a guru who knows it.
- tad viddhi praṇipātena
- paripraśnena sevayā
- upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
- jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
- (BG 4.34)
This is a different phase of knowledge. By your material calculation it will be difficult. The same thing, Kṛṣṇa says, aśnāmi: "I eat." So Kṛṣṇa is far, far away. How does He eat?
Guest (2): It is said there that holy planets exist the . . .
Prabhupāda: Who says? Who says? Who is the sayer? An imperfect person, that's all.
Guest (2): No, it is in the Bhāgavatam. That's what I am saying.
Prabhupāda: Oh, what is that?
Guest (2): That holy planets exist between the lotus stem that's sprouting from navel of Kṛṣṇa. But there are many planets, millions of planets . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Yes, yes. That is all explained there. Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ (BS 5.48). Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya. The Mahā-Viṣṇu is breathing, and with the breathing innumerable planets are coming, brahmāṇḍas are coming out.