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| <div id="BG1037_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="127" link="BG 10.37" link_text="BG 10.37"> | | <div id="BG1037_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="127" link="BG 10.37" link_text="BG 10.37"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 10.37|BG 10.37, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Of the descendants of Vṛṣṇi I am Vāsudeva, and of the Pāṇḍavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vyāsa, and among great thinkers I am Uśanā.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 10.37 (1972)|BG 10.37, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Of the descendants of Vṛṣṇi I am Vāsudeva, and of the Pāṇḍavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vyāsa, and among great thinkers I am Uśanā.</p> |
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| <div class="purport text"><p>Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Baladeva is Kṛṣṇa's immediate expansion. Both Lord Kṛṣṇa and Baladeva appeared as sons of Vāsudeva, so both of Them may be called Vāsudeva. From another point of view, because Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvana, all the forms of Kṛṣṇa that appear elsewhere are His expansions. Vāsudeva is Kṛṣṇa's immediate expansion, so Vāsudeva is not different from Kṛṣṇa. It is to be understood that the Vāsudeva referred to in this verse of Bhagavad-gītā is Baladeva, or Balarāma, because He is the original source of all incarnations and thus He is the sole source of Vāsudeva. The immediate expansions of the Lord are called svāṁśa (personal expansions), and there are also expansions called vibhinnāṁśa (separated expansions).</p> | | <div class="purport text"><p>Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Baladeva is Kṛṣṇa's immediate expansion. Both Lord Kṛṣṇa and Baladeva appeared as sons of Vāsudeva, so both of Them may be called Vāsudeva. From another point of view, because Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvana, all the forms of Kṛṣṇa that appear elsewhere are His expansions. Vāsudeva is Kṛṣṇa's immediate expansion, so Vāsudeva is not different from Kṛṣṇa. It is to be understood that the Vāsudeva referred to in this verse of Bhagavad-gītā is Baladeva, or Balarāma, because He is the original source of all incarnations and thus He is the sole source of Vāsudeva. The immediate expansions of the Lord are called svāṁśa (personal expansions), and there are also expansions called vibhinnāṁśa (separated expansions).</p> |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad|Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti. That is knowledge.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad|Press Conference -- December 16, 1976, Hyderabad]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti. That is knowledge.</p> |
| <p>Dr. Ramachandra: Sa mahātmā.</p> | | <p>Dr. Ramachandra: Sa mahātmā.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Sa mahātmā. If you do not know vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19|BG 7.19]]), śrama eva hi kevalam: ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]) simply you have labored hard. That's all. You have gained nothing. And if you understood Vāsudeva, then you understood everything. Yasmin vijñāte sarvam idaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Sa mahātmā. If you do not know vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]), śrama eva hi kevalam: ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]) simply you have labored hard. That's all. You have gained nothing. And if you understood Vāsudeva, then you understood everything. Yasmin vijñāte sarvam idaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati.</p> |
| <p>Dr. Ramachandra: How do you explain vṛṣṇīnāṁ vāsudevo 'smi?</p> | | <p>Dr. Ramachandra: How do you explain vṛṣṇīnāṁ vāsudevo 'smi?</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Yes, He's the chief of everything. Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 10.8|BG 10.8]]). That is the... He is the origin of everything. Mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate. If you know the root, then you know the whole tree, where to water. If you water the root, so it, water goes. It goes to the highest twigs. You haven't got to take trouble to go to the up to pour water. You pour water in the root. This is the way.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes, He's the chief of everything. Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 10.8 (1972)|BG 10.8]]). That is the... He is the origin of everything. Mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate. If you know the root, then you know the whole tree, where to water. If you water the root, so it, water goes. It goes to the highest twigs. You haven't got to take trouble to go to the up to pour water. You pour water in the root. This is the way.</p> |
| <p>Guest (1): Once He says, vāsudevaḥ sarvam, and again He says, vṛṣṇīnāṁ vāsudevo 'smi. So the meaning of that word is...</p> | | <p>Guest (1): Once He says, vāsudevaḥ sarvam, and again He says, vṛṣṇīnāṁ vāsudevo 'smi. So the meaning of that word is...</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: So does it mean that He is not sarvam? One who does not understand vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19|BG 7.19]]), particular, "It is also vāsudeva. It is also vāsudeva. It is also vāsudeva," that is called less intelligent. Otherwise one who is intelligent, he'll under..., vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti: ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19|BG 7.19]]) "Everything is vāsudeva." Sa mahātmā. But if he has no intelligence, then "I am this, I am God. I am Kṛṣṇa." The same example, just like here is a tree. If I say, "The root, you pour water," here is everything. Otherwise this is also tree, the leaf is also tree, the twig also tree, the flower is also tree... You go on like that. They are of the same value. But if one is intelligent, he will understand, "Here is everything," vāsudevaḥ sarvam, the root. That's all. What is that?</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: So does it mean that He is not sarvam? One who does not understand vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]), particular, "It is also vāsudeva. It is also vāsudeva. It is also vāsudeva," that is called less intelligent. Otherwise one who is intelligent, he'll under..., vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti: ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]) "Everything is vāsudeva." Sa mahātmā. But if he has no intelligence, then "I am this, I am God. I am Kṛṣṇa." The same example, just like here is a tree. If I say, "The root, you pour water," here is everything. Otherwise this is also tree, the leaf is also tree, the twig also tree, the flower is also tree... You go on like that. They are of the same value. But if one is intelligent, he will understand, "Here is everything," vāsudevaḥ sarvam, the root. That's all. What is that?</p> |
| <p>Devotee: I was just telling this gentleman that the reporters may have some other questions also.</p> | | <p>Devotee: I was just telling this gentleman that the reporters may have some other questions also.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Then that is his wish. (pause) This is our movement.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Then that is his wish. (pause) This is our movement.</p> |
