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[[Category:We Are Eternal Servants of Krsna]]
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Living entity is eternal servant of Krsna. When he, instead of becoming servant of Krsna, wants to imitate Krsna, to enjoy... Because the enjoyer is Krsna.
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[[Vanisource:740328 - Lecture BG 04.08 - Bombay|740328 - Lecture BG 04.08 - Bombay]]
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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.''
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