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Glowworms, bring sunlight, then they will automatically go away. Krsna - surya-sama; maya haya andhakara

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"glowworms, bring sunlight, then they will automatically go away. Krsna" |"surya-sama; maya haya andhakara"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1972 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: Glowworms. So their light like that. The small . . . (indistinct) . . . glowworms, bring sunlight, then they will automatically go away. Kṛṣṇa—sūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra (CC Madhya 22.31).

What is the English translation?

Gaurasundara: "Kṛṣṇa is sunlight, and māyā is darkness."

Prabhupāda: That’s all. Bring sunlight, and the darkness will automatically go.

Prabhupāda: So preaching means read our books; follow this. Reference immediately you should give, reference, where it is. Why you are asking me, when . . . (indistinct) . . . what I am doing alone, now you have to do twelve times; then it will spread. Then each one takes another twelve. Then there will be no space for these rascals to flourish. We have got our books now. Print and distribute and preach, and bring the sunlight and the cockroaches will go away. (laughs) (laughter) They cannot do any more any infection. In the sunlight there is no insects, no cockroaches. In the darkness there is glowworms. Have you seen glowworms? You have seen? "Oh, there is light? What is that light?"

Govinda dāsī: (laughs)

Prabhupāda: Glowworms. So their light like that. The small . . . (indistinct) . . . glowworms, bring sunlight, then they will automatically go away. Kṛṣṇasūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra (CC Madhya 22.31).

What is the English translation?

Gaurasundara: "Kṛṣṇa is sunlight, and māyā is darkness."

Prabhupāda: That’s all. Bring sunlight, and the darkness will automatically go.

Page Title:Glowworms, bring sunlight, then they will automatically go away. Krsna - surya-sama; maya haya andhakara
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2024-02-25, 14:48:48.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1