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You have to find out such person. Then your life is successful. So that will also . . . you will get according to your sincerity of purpose, because Krsna is within you

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"You have to find out such person. Then your life is successful. So that will also . . . you will get according to your sincerity of purpose, because Kṛṣṇa is within you"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Just like a student goes to a school, and he works on exercises and he puts before the teacher, and if the teacher say: "Yes, it is good," then he is successful; similarly, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12), you have to approach to a guru, or representative of Kṛṣṇa, and if he says: "It is all right," then you know that Kṛṣṇa is satisfied. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. You have to approach such a person whose certificate will ensure that Kṛṣṇa will be satisfied. You have to find out such person. Then your life is successful. So that will also . . . you will get according to your sincerity of purpose, because Kṛṣṇa is within you.

Any work, if you do for Kṛṣṇa, that is bhakti. Don't think that bhakti means simply chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and sitting down in one place. No. Bhakti means all kinds of activities. God is all-pervading; therefore bhakti is also all-pervading. From all spheres of life the devotional service can be done.

So these things are taught: those who are attached to work, for them; those who are attached to philosophy, for them—those who are attached to yoga system, for them; and those who are devotees, for them it is certainly. So from all angles of vision, when one comes to the point that kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya (CC Madhya 22.62), if one is engaged in the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa, then everything is perfect. That is the conclusion of Bhāgavata. Svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam (SB 1.2.13).

You . . . how you can test that the particular engagement in which you are occupied, whether it is successful or not? How it is to be tested? The Bhāgavata gives you the formula. What is that, the formula? Now, saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam (SB 1.2.13). You just try to see whether by your work Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, has become satisfied. If you see that He is satisfied, then whatever work you are doing, either you are philosopher or a businessman or a scientist or anything, politician—there are so many occupational duties—but you have to test whether that is giving you real perfection. That test is that you have to see whether by your activity the Supreme Lord is satisfied. Then . . .

This is a great science. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness science. Simply . . . therefore we have to take shelter of an expert. Just like a student goes to a school, and he works on exercises and he puts before the teacher, and if the teacher say: "Yes, it is good," then he is successful; similarly, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12), you have to approach to a guru, or representative of Kṛṣṇa, and if he says: "It is all right," then you know that Kṛṣṇa is satisfied. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. You have to approach such a person whose certificate will ensure that Kṛṣṇa will be satisfied. You have to find out such person. Then your life is successful. So that will also . . . you will get according to your sincerity of purpose, because Kṛṣṇa is within you.

So after understanding Bhagavad-gītā, if one becomes faithful that, "I shall devote my life for service of Kṛṣṇa," then he is eligible to enter into the study of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. That means Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins from the point where Bhagavad-gītā ends. Bhagavad-gītā ends at the point, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). One has to surrender fully unto Kṛṣṇa, giving up all other engagements. Always remember, all other engagement means not that you have to give up. You . . . try to understand that Kṛṣṇa said that, "You give up everything and surrender unto Me." So that does not mean that Arjuna gave up his fighting capacity. Rather, he took to fighting more vigorously.

So "give up all other engagement" means don't take the fruit of your engagement. Give up. Just sacrifice the fruit of the engagement. That is to be given to Kṛṣṇa. This is surrender. Just like a good boy surrendered to his father means whatever he earns, the money, at the end of month he puts in the hand of the father: "Oh, this is my month's earnings"—similarly, we have to sacrifice the fruits of our labor to Kṛṣṇa. This is the beginning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Page Title:You have to find out such person. Then your life is successful. So that will also . . . you will get according to your sincerity of purpose, because Krsna is within you
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-09-03, 10:39:46
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1