Just like the other day we were . . . I was reading one magazine. In the Bible it is said that God said, "Let there be creation," and there was creation. Similarly, in the Bhagavad-gītā also, we understand that Kṛṣṇa says, bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ buddhir mano eva ca (BG 7.4). "These eight gross and subtle material elements, they are My differentiated energy." So these statements of Bible or Bhagavad-gītā, we can understand that God created this cosmic manifestation. But in the paper we read the other day that the scientific men believe that there was a chunk in the beginning, and all of a sudden it burst out and the planets came out. (break)
So anyone can understand that God is all-powerful; He can create. But the scientist says that "There was a chunk, and creation took place from the chunk." Just see. (chuckles) When you say that God created, one can understand that God is . . . if a man can create such nice things, skyscraper buildings, very, I mean, complicated bridge, engineering work, so God is great . . . (break)
He may have greater brain, so He has created this cosmic manifestation. There is a, I mean to say, standard to believe.
But how the scientists believe that there was a chunk? And what is the explanation? I cannot understand. From the chunk everything come out. And who made the chunk? The next question should be that "Wherefrom this chunk came?" There is no answer. Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja says that all these material qualification cannot satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Now, how God is satisfied? Ete dhanādaya dvādaśāpi guṇāḥ parasya puṁsaḥ ārādhanāya na bhavanti. You cannot purchase God by your all these material acquisition. No. That is not possible. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ (BG 18.55), "One can understand Me simply by devotional service." Nobody can understand. Bhaktyā mām . . . what is that bhakti? That is also stated in the Bhagavad-gītā:
- brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
- na śocati na kāṅkṣati
- samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu
- mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām
- (BG 18.54)
When one is very advanced in knowledge, brahma-bhūtaḥ . . . Brahma-bhūtaḥ means one who has understood the Brahman, the Supreme. And a brahmin means brahma jānātīti brāhmaṇaḥ, one who has advanced to such knowledge.
Therefore in India it is said that a brahmin is addressed as paṇḍitajī. Not paṇḍitajī like our late Jawaharlal Nehru. Paṇḍitajī means one who knows Brahman. Therefore brahmin's title is paṇḍita. And a kṣatriya's title is ṭhākura saheb, mahārāja. Not mahārāja—ṭhākura saheb. And a vaiśya's title is sethjī, and a śūdra's title is choudhari. There are respectable terms for the different classes of men.