Vedic injunction is, yasmin vijñāte sarvam evaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3). If you know the Absolute Truth, then all other things become known. But you do not know what is Absolute Truth. Therefore you are in ignorance. If you know one thing, then you . . . just like you are talking. We are not official scientists or philosopher or anything. But why you are challenging, you are talking so boldly? Because we know one thing, Kṛṣṇa. Therefore we can say so boldly and challenge anyone. I'm not a D.A.C. like you. How I can challenge you? I'm challenging you. How? Because I know Kṛṣṇa. That's all.
That is the statement of Veda: yasmin vijñāte sarvam evaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati. If you know Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, then all other things will be known automatically. It is such a thing. We are preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness, challenging all kinds of men in the society; so many scientists are coming, so many psychologist coming. So how we are confident to talk with him? Because we have learned little about Kṛṣṇa. That's all. Is it not?
You are a qualified scientist. Why I challenge you? Not that because you are my disciple, you are accepting all my challenges. You have got your reason. You are not a fool. So how it is possible? Practically, how it is possible? Because we are trying to know little about Kṛṣṇa. That's all. Therefore this Vedic injunction, yasmin vijñāte sarvam evaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3). Yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ (BG 6.22).
These statements are there. If you get Kṛṣṇa, then you will not hanker after any more profit. Bās. All profit is that. Yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābham. If you get Kṛṣṇa, then all other kinds of profit you'll not hanker after. Then what kind of profit this is? Yasmin sthito guruṇāpi duḥkhena na vicālyate (BG 6.20-23). If one is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in the greatest calamity of this world, he'll not be disturbed. This is the greatest profit. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. A big giant, Hiraṇyakaśipu, is putting him always in difficulty, but he's confident, "Yes, there is Kṛṣṇa." A five-years-old boy. He's not at all disturbed. Father is giving poison. "All right, give me poison." And throwing him from the hill on down. But he is steady. How it is possible? Guruṇāpi duḥkhena na vicālyate. Guru. Guru means heavy, very heavy difficulties. But na vicālyate. He's not perturbed, not disturbed. How it is possible?
So it is such a thing, that if you know Kṛṣṇa, you know everything. If you are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you are not disturbed in the heaviest type of calamity. So these things should be given to the human society. One thing. That will make his life perfect. Is it not?
Brahmānanda: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Now it is up to you, scientist, to explain: "Yes, this is it."
Brahmānanda: That is research work.
Prabhupāda: This is research work. Yad-uttamaśloka-guṇānuvarṇanam. Uttamaśloka. Uttamaśloka means Kṛṣṇa. Guṇānuvarṇanam: describing His qualities. Avicyuto 'rthaḥ. This is success of life. Avicyutaḥ. Avicyutaḥ means infallible. And how it is ascertained? Kavibhir nirūpitaḥ: by great personalities. They have decided: "This is the perfection of life." Kavibhiḥ. Yad-uttamaśloka-guṇānuvarṇanam avicyuto 'rthaḥ (SB 1.5.22). This is Bhāgavata. Each word, each line, volumes of volumes of philosophy. This is called perfection. This kind of writing required. Not that I have researched, find out, and after fifteen days: "No, no. It is not right," another thing. This is not science. This is childish play. I say, "Today it is all right," and after fifteen days, "No, no. It is not all right."
Svarūpa Dāmodara: That we find in science.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: That is what we find in science.
Prabhupāda: Yes. It is . . . it is a scientific or clever method of drawing money from others. That's all. In other words, simple words, cheating. That's all. They do not know anything, and they're teaching, scientific method. Now suppose here is big, big waves. You scientists, you say some jugglery of words, "proton," "atoms," this, that, and "hydrogen," "phoxygen," "oxygen." But what benefit people will get? Simply they'll hear this jugglery of words. That's all. (chuckles) What else you can say? Now suppose it is hydrogen, oxygen, protons, neutrons, all these things. So your position and my position, where is the change? Still we do not get any profit by this jugglery of words.