Remembering And Forgetting Krishna - Prabhupada 0782
690522 - Lecture SB 01.05.01-4 - New Vrindaban, USA
So mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca. One forgets and also one remembers. Remembrance and forgetfulness. So why one remembers Kṛṣṇa consciousness and why one forgets Kṛṣṇa consciousness? Actually, my constitutional position is, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that, jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa (CC Madhya 20.108). Actually, the constitutional position of the living entities are that he is eternally servant of God. That is his position. He's meant for that purpose, but he forgets. So that forgetfulness is also janmādy asya yataḥ, the Supreme. Why? Because he wanted to forget.