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The father and mother should have determination that - The child I produce, I give birth, if I cannot teach him Krsna conscious, surrender to Krsna, I shall not beget any child

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"the father and mother should have determination that" |"The child I produce, I give birth, if I cannot teach him Kṛṣṇa conscious, surrender to Kṛṣṇa, I shall not beget any child"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

In other words, anyone who wants to become guru, if he cannot teach his disciples how to surrender, govinda-caraṇa-dvayam, anāśritya, how to take shelter of the lotus feet of Govinda, he should not become guru. That is cheating. That is cheating. Similarly, one should not become father. That one . . . the father and mother should have determination that, "The child I produce, I give birth, if I cannot teach him Kṛṣṇa conscious, surrender to Kṛṣṇa, I shall not beget any child." This is real contraceptive method. Not to beget child like cats and dogs, śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ (SB 2.3.19).

It is by nature's arrangement, by Kṛṣṇa's arrangement, that these living entities who have come here in this material world for false happiness, material happiness, and they are entrapped in this birth and death problem, transmigrating from one type of life to another type of life . . . here is a chance for the human being. And Kṛṣṇa comes to the human being, and He, "Here is a chance, Bhagavad-gītā." Kṛṣṇa gives them.

So if, after reading Bhagavad-gītā, anāśritya govinda-caraṇa-dvayam (Brahmā-vaivarta Purāṇa), who is neglecting . . . he is neglecting means that teṣām ātmābhimānināṁ varākāṇām. Varāka means fools or childish. We are thinking that, "I am this body." Such fools cannot understand how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, tad apy abhalatāṁ jātaḥ teṣām ātmābhimāninām, varākāṇām anāśritya, without taking shelter, govinda-caraṇa-dvayam, the lotus feet of Govinda.

So bahūnāṁ janmanām ante (BG 7.19). We get this chance, and if we are not educated by our teachers, by our fathers, by our leaders, by our government men, by our gurus, by our relatives how to accept the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, who is canvassing, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66): "Give up all this nonsense engagement, trying to become Kṛṣṇa, or God. Give up this. Surrender unto Me . . ." This is education. This is education. The father should give education at home. The leaders should give education in institution. The politicians should give education in their assemblies, Congress. The guru should give education how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. The father should educate, the mother should educate.

Therefore Bhāgavata says, na mocayed yaḥ samupeta . . . gurur na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt pitā na sa syāt (SB 5.5.18). There are some negative definition, that there are so-called gurus, so-called svāmīs, but Bhāgavata says that "You should not become a svāmī or guru—kindly don't become—if you cannot save your disciple from the imminent danger of birth and death." Gurur na sa syāt. This is the injunction. "No rascal should become a guru unless he can save his disciple from the cycle of birth and death."

Or, in other words, anyone who wants to become guru, if he cannot teach his disciples how to surrender, govinda-caraṇa-dvayam, anāśritya, how to take shelter of the lotus feet of Govinda, he should not become guru. That is cheating. That is cheating. Similarly, one should not become father. That one . . . the father and mother should have determination that, "The child I produce, I give birth, if I cannot teach him Kṛṣṇa conscious, surrender to Kṛṣṇa, I shall not beget any child." This is real contraceptive method. Not to beget child like cats and dogs, śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ (SB 2.3.19).

So Bhāgavata says: "One should not become father, one should not become mother, one should not become relative, one should not become king, one should not become guru if they cannot save their dependants from this cycle of birth and death." This is the meaning of this verse. Anāśritya govinda-caraṇa-dvayam, varākāṇām ātmābhimāninām.

Page Title:The father and mother should have determination that - The child I produce, I give birth, if I cannot teach him Krsna conscious, surrender to Krsna, I shall not beget any child
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-12-16, 07:53:37
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1