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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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When he, instead of becoming servant of Kṛṣṇa, wants to imitate Kṛṣṇa, to enjoy . . . because the enjoyer is Kṛṣṇa. Bhoktā. Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram (BG 5.29). But when we try to imitate Kṛṣṇa . . . just like here also we can see practically, everyone is trying to become a big or small īśvara, Kṛṣṇa. Īśvara is Kṛṣṇa. Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Bs. 5.1). But here the struggle is that everyone is trying to become īśvara. Nobody wants to become servant, although he is servant of māyā. He cannot be īśvara constitutionally, any one of us. This is called illusion. Actually, we are servant, but we are trying to become īśvara. This is called māyā. So this position of the living entity is called dharmasya glāniḥ, discrepancy of the constitutional position. Actually, I am servant, but I am trying to become master. This is called dharmasya glāniḥ.
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[[Vanisource:740328 - Lecture BG 04.08 - Bombay|740328 - Lecture BG 04.08 - Bombay]]
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Kṛṣṇa is staying within these universes. Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham (Bs. 5.35). Not only within the universes, but within the atom also. Paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham. In this way, Kṛṣṇa is ruling over the material creation. Eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi (Bs. 5.35). There are many places in Vedic literature wherein we understand there are innumerable universes. We cannot take account of one universe, and Kṛṣṇa has to take account of all these universes, how things are going on. This material world is ekāṁśa. Out of Kṛṣṇa's whole creation, this is one-fourth manifestation of His creative energy. Ekāṁśena. The three-fourth of the creative energy is in the spiritual world.

So this material world means the living entities are given chance. They have come here to enjoy.

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:kṛṣṇa-buliya-jiva bhoga vāñchā kare
:vasate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare 
:(Prema-vivarta)
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When . . . living entity is eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. When he, instead of becoming servant of Kṛṣṇa, wants to imitate Kṛṣṇa, to enjoy . . . because the enjoyer is Kṛṣṇa. Bhoktā. Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram ([[Vanisource:BG 5.29 (1972)|BG 5.29]]). But when we try to imitate Kṛṣṇa . . . just like here also we can see practically, everyone is trying to become a big or small īśvara, Kṛṣṇa. Īśvara is Kṛṣṇa. Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Bs. 5.1). But here the struggle is that everyone is trying to become īśvara. Nobody wants to become servant, although he is servant of māyā. He cannot be īśvara constitutionally, any one of us. This is called illusion. Actually, we are servant, but we are trying to become īśvara. This is called māyā. So this position of the living entity is called dharmasya glāniḥ, discrepancy of the constitutional position. Actually, I am servant, but I am trying to become master. This is called dharmasya glāniḥ.

So when the world is full . . . of course, there are devotees who are trying to become servant. They are trying. The devotional service means, Kṛṣṇa consciousness means, to train people how to become servant of God. That is all. Because everyone is under the impression that, "I am God. I am master. I am proprietor." This illusion. To dissipate this illusion and to put him into the right position that, "You are not master, you are not enjoyer, you are simply eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa," if you remain in that position, then you are happy. If you artificially try to become Kṛṣṇa, that is your unhappiness. Artificial thing will never give us any pleasure. Prakṛti and puruṣa. Kṛṣṇa is the puruṣa. Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān, puruṣaṁ ādyaṁ śāśvatam ([[Vanisource:BG 10.12-13 (1972)|BG 10.12]]). He is puruṣa, we are prakṛti. Aparā-prakṛti, parā-prakṛti.
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