Guest (1) (Indian man): Lord Brahmā also prays for to be born into Vṛndāvana. Lord Brahmā prays for him . . . (indistinct) . . . his prayer . . . what is the purpose of that?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes. Because he will try to understand Kṛṣṇa. Aiye (Hindi: Please come.) Even Lord Brahmā could not understand Kṛṣṇa. (indistinct Hindi) (laughs) No. (Hindi: Just sit down here only.) Therefore, to understand Kṛṣṇa he desired to take birth in Vṛndāvana.
- manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu
- kaścid yatati siddhaye
- yatatām api siddhānāṁ
- kaścin vetti māṁ tattvataḥ
- (BG 7.3)
Out of many millions of person, they try to understand what is the perfection of life, and out of many such millions of person who are in the line of understanding perfection of life, some of them or someone may understand Kṛṣṇa. Muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ. Just like Brahmā was also bewildered whether Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Brahmā, the first creature of this universe, he's also . . . muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ. Therefore we should take advantage of this opportunity. Kṛṣṇa is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā, about Himself. That is the highest perfection of life, simply to understand Bhagavad-gītā as it is, as spoken by Kṛṣṇa. Then one's life is perfect.
But unfortunately, so many scholars and svāmīs, they are misinterpreting Kṛṣṇa and Bhagavad-gītā. The people are placed in darkness. They are already in darkness. By misinterpretation, they are putting them in darkness. They cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. For practical example you can see in European countries the Bhagavad-gītā was being studied at least for two hundred, three hundred years, but there was not a single devotee of Kṛṣṇa, not even. Within the history.
And now they are studying Bhagavad-gītā as it is, you will find thousands of kṛṣṇa-bhaktas. They are not given the chance to understand Bhagavad-gītā by misinterpretation, "This means that, this means that, Kṛṣṇa means this, Kurukṣetra means body." Misinterpretation. Misled. Therefore we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is, and people are accepting and becoming seriously devotee of Kṛṣṇa. They are surprised, the newspaper reporters. They inquire from me, "Swāmījī, why younger generation is attracted with this movement?" And younger generation, they are inquisitive. Old fools, whatever they have learned, they have to forget again. Then they will . . . it will take some time. They have learned something wrong. So one has to be washed of these wrong impressions; then he can come to the point of understanding Kṛṣṇa. But these young hearts, they are receptive. They are seeing, "Here is nice." They are accepting. They are chanting now on the streets. You have heard that record, "Hare Kṛṣṇa"?
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Do you want to play it?
Prabhupāda: Yes, why not play it? Yes. Bring that record. On New York, Fifth Avenue, our saṅkīrtana party is going on.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: They are carrying the gramophone now.
Prabhupāda: And in London, Oxford Street, the most, I mean to say, crowded street, just like our Bombay . . . (indistinct) . . . Road. So in the big, big cities they are now chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, dancing. People are enjoying. Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāma eva kevalam (CC Adi 17.21). You can play this record at home and dance in tune and enjoy.