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<div class="heading">Mahābhārata is also history. Mahā means great, and bhārata means this land. Actually it is a history. But foolish people, without understanding through the guru-paramparā system, they manufacture their own way of understanding; therefore they are misled. They cannot take full advantage of this Vedic literature because they are misled.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Adi-lila 1.15 -- Mayapur, April 8, 1975|Lecture on CC Adi-lila 1.15 -- Mayapur, April 8, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
You take advantage of this cult of Kṛṣṇa consciousness which was spoken by Kṛṣṇa Himself, in this land of Bhārata-varṣa, ''dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ'' ([[vanisource:BG 1.1 (1972)|BG 1.1]]).

That ''kurukṣetre'' is still existing. It is not a myth or mythology. The nonsense people, they may say like that, but Kṛṣṇa is the supermost person both in history. . . ''Purāṇa'' means history, ''itihāsa purāṇa. Saraṁ saraṁ samuddhṛtam'' ([[vanisource:SB 1.3.41|SB 1.3.41]]). Vyāsadeva compiled the ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' by collecting the most important news from history. ''Purāṇa''. ''Purāṇa'' means old history. It is not mythology. The foolish people, they say like that: "Mythology means something created." No. Don't take it that way. It is the essence of important historical incidences. Record. Both ''itihāsa'', history. . . ''Mahābhārata'' is also history. ''Mahā'' means great, and ''bhārata'' means this land. Actually it is a history. But foolish people, without understanding through the ''guru-paramparā'' system, they manufacture their own way of understanding; therefore they are misled. They cannot take full advantage of this Vedic literature because they are misled. We should not be misled. Here, we should know always that we are lame, ''paṅgoḥ''. Just like a lame man cannot go very fast. But by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, even a lame man can go fast—not only go fast, but cross over the mountain.

:''mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ''
:''paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim''
:''yat kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande''
:''śrī guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam''
:([[vanisource:CC Madhya 17.80|CC Madhya 17.80]])

It is possible if we become obedient student of ''guru'', then even though we may be dumb, deaf and dumb, still, we can become good lecturer. ''Mūkaṁ karoti vācālam'', talk very much about Kṛṣṇa. This is Kṛṣṇa's grace, ''mūkaṁ karoti. . . Paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim'': if one is lame man, he is made to cross over the hill, mountain. This is the mercy of ''guru''.
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