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If you speak about Krsna . . . the whole world is full with questions and answers, so these questions and answers are approved by atmavit, those who are self-realized, not bodily realized

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"if you speak about Kṛṣṇa . . . the whole world is full with questions and answers, so these questions and answers are approved by ātmavit, those who are self-realized, not bodily realized"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

So Kṛṣṇa question and answers are so important that in future these questions and answers will be discussed in the human society. Actually it is being done so now. We are discussing the same incidents. And he said, ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsām: "And this question is so authorized that ātmavit, those who are interested in self-realization, they have got their approval, 'Yes. This is nice question.' " Ātmavit-sammataḥ. Sammata means approved. It is not bogus question; it is approved. This sort of question should be inquired, Kṛṣṇa, about Kṛṣṇa. And if you speak about Kṛṣṇa . . . the whole world is full with questions and answers, so these questions and answers are approved by ātmavit, those who are self-realized, not bodily realized. Ātmavit. There are two classes of men. Ninety-nine point nine percent, they are bodily realized men, always thinking of the body.

So Kṛṣṇa also could save him when the king was cursed by a brahmin boy, but Parīkṣit Mahārāja did not like the idea. He took it very seriously that, "I have offended the brahmin, and he has cursed me. That's nice." You see? How much liberal he was. So he accepted. Immediately he prepared for death.

So after all, he was a great devotee. In his childhood he was playing with Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deity. Just like our child devotee, Mr. DDD. (laughter) Yes. He is playing with Jagannātha. That is very nice. Yes. This is the opportunity. My father also gave me Deities in my childhood, and I had the opportunity to serve Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa from childhood.

So as such, he asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī to hear about Kṛṣṇa. Although he was very much anxious to know about his duty, but he was thinking that, "My only duty is to think of Kṛṣṇa at this stage." Therefore he asked his spiritual master, "Whether I shall hear about Kṛṣṇa in this last point of my death?"

So Śukadeva Gosvāmī was very glad that, "This king is already anxious. I was just going to advise him to think of Kṛṣṇa, but I see that he is already anxious to think of Kṛṣṇa." He is always thinking, because from the childhood he was playing. From the womb of his mother he saw Kṛṣṇa. So after his birth he was searching after "That figure who saved me." Therefore his name was Parīkṣit. He was examiner. So many . . . he was royal family child. So, so many people were present after his birth. So he was looking after, "Where is that form, Kṛṣṇa?" Therefore his name is Parīkṣit.

So when he inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī that "If I can hear about Kṛṣṇa?" so Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied:

varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ
kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa
ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ
śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ
(SB 2.1.1)

"O my dear king, you are very fortunate. Your question about Kṛṣṇa is welcome." Varīyān. Varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ: "You are inquiring about Kṛṣṇa. So this very question is very important." Varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa: "And this is not good for you only, it is good for all the human society, because you have questioned, and I shall reply."

So Kṛṣṇa question and answers are so important that in future these questions and answers will be discussed in the human society. Actually it is being done so now. We are discussing the same incidents. And he said, ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsām: "And this question is so authorized that ātmavit, those who are interested in self-realization, they have got their approval, 'Yes. This is nice question.' " Ātmavit-sammataḥ. Sammata means approved. It is not bogus question; it is approved.

This sort of question should be inquired, Kṛṣṇa, about Kṛṣṇa. And if you speak about Kṛṣṇa . . . the whole world is full with questions and answers, so these questions and answers are approved by ātmavit, those who are self-realized, not bodily realized. Ātmavit. There are two classes of men. Ninety-nine point nine percent, they are bodily realized men, always thinking of the body.

And just there is another class; they are called ātmavit, self-realized, Kṛṣṇa conscious persons. Ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ. Śrotavya means worth hearing. There are many kinds of subject matter for hearing, but this is the sublime subject matter of hearing, kṛṣṇa-praśna.

So question and answer about Kṛṣṇa, śrotavyadiṣu yaḥ paraḥ . . . para means sublime, and śrotavya means worthwhile hearing. So why it is para, sublime? He said:

śrotavyādīni rājendra
nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ
apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ
gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām
(SB 2.1.2)

This Bhāgavata is so, I mean to say, exalted transcendental knowledge that there are eighteen thousand verses, and if you analyze each verse, each word, you will get a great transcendental information. There is no comparison with this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam amalaṁ purāṇam. Amalam, spotless.

This purāṇam, this old history of the world . . . this is also history. Just like this incidence, Parīkṣit Mahārāja was cursed by a brahmin; he was the king, emperor of the world, and how he met his death, these things are described in this history. Is it not? So this is also history. But it is not ordinary history, not history, chronological history, as we generally mean, but it is a history of the most important men in the world. Just like Parīkṣit Mahārāja. He is the most important, at least one of the most important kings in the world. His history of death and life is historical fact.

So Śukadeva Gosvāmī said that, "My dear king," śrotavyādīni rājendra nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ, "for ordinary men there are many, many subject matters for hearing." Just like you see the newspaper, there are many varieties of news, but they are meant for whom? For ordinary men. They are not meant for us. We don't care for what is happening in the newspaper.

Page Title:If you speak about Krsna . . . the whole world is full with questions and answers, so these questions and answers are approved by atmavit, those who are self-realized, not bodily realized
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-02-02, 20:55:04
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1