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Our movement is
an incarnation of Krishna ...
Excerpt from a lecture by HDG A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Submitted by
Manoj
So in this age, Kali-yuga especially, demoniac, everything, demons, godless. Demon means godless. Indrari. Demons means Indra, or indrasya ari. Ari means enemy. Indra is demigod. And his enemy, that is demon. Indrari. Just like when you go to preach Krishna consciousness, you have got so many enemies. They do not act directly, but they are very much envious: "What these nonsense are chanting Hare Krishna?" You see? They want to disturb. Just like we have to close this door because the demons will disturb. You see? So demons means enemy of the demigods, enemy of the devotees. Those who are God conscious, those who are abiding by the orders of God, they're demigods. Demigods means they're also God, but subordinate to God. They don't say, "I am God." No, a Vaisnava will never say so. He knows that "I am eternal servant of God." Therefore demigod. Otherwise, their qualification is godly.
So indrari-vyakulam... Indra. Indra is demigod. He's the king of the demigods. So indrari-vyakulam. When people become very much disturbed by this demonic government and demons... So dharmasya glanir. Dharmasya glanir means discrepancies in the matter of executing religious principles. Just like in Russia, you cannot chant Hare Krishna mantra. What to speak of chanting in the street, you cannot chant even in private. That is their law. So that law is coming gradually everywhere, godless. In China, I've heard, anyone teaching about God or next life, he'll be shot. Is it not? So your country is still very nice because you are not shooting Krishna conscious people, but there is possibility. Demons are increasing. Demons are increasing. But don't be afraid. Krishna is there. Just like Krishna's mother and father were so much harassed by Kamsa. But at the end, Kamsa was killed by Krishna.
So we may be harassed for the time being, but Krishna will save. This is Saranagati. Avasya rakhibe krsna visvasa palana. The Saranagati means, surrender means that "Krishna will save me. I'll not do anything against the devotional service. Even there is torture..." Just like Prahlada Maharaja. He was tortured by his father. Krishna's mother was tortured by her brother. Not outsider. So the demons are so rascal, they don't care for son, sister, mother. No. "As soon as it is against my personal sense gratification, I must finish this." But be sure that Krishna will save. We have got so many instances. As Prahlada Maharaja was saved by Narasimhadeva from the hands of his father, Hiranyakasipu; Devaki was saved, Vasudeva was saved from the hands of Kamsa; so you will be also saved. Because there is promise in the Bhagavad-gita: kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati [Bg. 9.31]. Krishna says, "Make it a declaration throughout the whole world that anyone who is My devotee, he'll never be annihilated. He'll be protected. I'll give him protection." Samo 'ham sarva-bhutesu. Samo 'ham sarva-bhutesu na me dvesyo 'sti na priyah. Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that "I am equal to everyone. Nobody is My enemy, nobody is My friend." Ye tu bhajanti mam prityä. "But those who are devotees, engaged twenty-four hours, I give them special protection. I give them special protection." So the demons will be there, and they will always give trouble to the demigods, or the devotees, but you don't stop your function, devotional service. Don't be afraid of the demons. Indrari-vyakulam lokam mrdayanti. This mrdayanti means "giving protection".
So this sankirtana movement, Hare Krishna movement, is also incarnation of Krishna. Nama-rupe avatara. Krishna can become incarnation in sound form also. Not even a physical form. Physical form also there; everything is there. But especially this age, Krishna is incarnated in His name. The name of Krishna is not different from Krishna. So nama-rupe krishna-avatara. So Krishna is already there. The whole world is now demonic, anti government, anti-God, anti-matter. So the incarnation has already come. Those who will take shelter of this incarnation of Krishna's name, they will be never annihilated. Take it for granted. Yes. Krishna's name and Krishna, no difference. That is omnipotency. Omnipotency means everything is Krishna's energy. So the same potency in the energy and the energetic. This is omnipotency. God is omnipotent; He can give you protection when you take shelter of His name. Because His name is nondifferent from Him. Abhinnatvan nama-naminoh. Näma-krishna. Nama cintamanih krsnah, purnah suddho nitya-mukto 'bhinnatvan nama-naminoh. Don't think this Krishna's name is less efficient than Krishna. No. Purna. As Krishna is perfect, similarly, this name is also perfect. Purna suddhau. As Krishna is pure, without any material contamination, apapa-viddham, no, nothing sin, sinful can affect him... You have read it in the Isopanisad. Just like sunshine. Infection cannot infect sunshine. Some disease can infect you, me, because we are less potential. But it cannot infect the sum. Rather, the sunshine will sterilize the infection. So anything infectious, anything sinful, cannot infect Krishna. Rather sinful activities in touch with Krishna will become purified. This is the process.
There are many instances. Just like Prahlada Maharaja, you can see. Prahlada Maharaja is standing, and his father is being killed before him. This is sinful. Can you tolerate? Suppose if somebody comes to kill me, and you will see and laugh? You'll do, will you do that? Why? That is sinful. So here Prahlada Maharaja is seeing. Prahlada Maharaja is not protesting, "Why you are killing my father?" No. He's seeing. So why Prahlada Maharaja is worshiped? Why he has become a mahajana, authority? You can say, "Oh, he's a most sinful. He has seen in his presence, his father is being killed, and he did not protest." You can say so. But because it is in connection with Krishna, Prahlada Maharaja is the most exalted devotee. He's not sinful.
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So Krishna is so powerful that even in the ordinary ways it looks sinful, but if it is actually done for Krishna's sake... The same thing, Arjuna. He was thinking that "Killing of my family members, it is sinful." He argued with Krishna. Therefore this Bhagavad-gita is there. He was simply arguing that "I'll not fight. I'll not kill my grandfather, my teacher, my brother, my nephews, my brother-in-laws. No, no, I am not going to... It is sinful." But at the end he did it, because he understood, "Oh, it is for Krishna. All right. I shall take all the risk. That's all right." So for Krishna, the devotee takes all the risk of life, similarly, Krishna gives all the protection to the devotee. Don't be afraid.
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