Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.20 Pradyumna: “My dear boys, you are all born of My heart, which is the seat of all spiritual qualities. Therefore you should not be like materialistic and envious men. You should accept your eldest brother, Bharata, who is exalted in devotional service. If you engage yourselves in Bharata’s service, your service to him will include My service, and you will rule the citizens automatically.” Prabhupada: tasmad bhavanto hrdayena jatah sarve mahiyamsam amum sanabham aklista-buddhya bharatam bhajadhvam susrusanam tad bharanam prajanam So Rsabhadeva was retiring from the duty of royal position, and before that, He selected, out of His one hundred sons, Bharata as the king, next king. Bharata Maharaja also very exalted. There is a long history of Bharata Maharaja. Under his name this land or this earthly planet is called Bharatavarsa, on account of Bharata Maharaja. This planet, the whole planet, was formerly known as Bharatavarsa. Before that, it was known as Ilavrta-varsa. After the reign of Bharata Maharaja it was named Bharatavarsa. So the emperor of Bharatavarsa, of this, ruling all over the world, even up to the time of Maharaja Pariksit… And this New Delhi, Hastinapura, was the capital of the world, and there was only one flag, united. There was no need of hundreds of flags, United Nation. We have seen in New York the United Nation organization. The flags are increasing, not under one flag. The culture is lost. In India also the division. Everywhere the division is increasing. In Europe there is only one city. That is also another state. Luxembourg or…? So without the central point, certainly, gradually the division will increase, and in the name of nationalism, the strife and quarrel and fight will increase. Just like in India twenty years before or thirty years before, there was no Pakistan. Now they are divided, and already two big fights have been fought. So this is the position, that without Krsna consciousness everyone will try to enjoy sense gratification independently. Either individually, collectively, socially, economically, politically, go on dividing, dividing, divide. There is no oneness; simply division. So Rsabhadeva is advising His other sons—He had one hundred sons— that bharatam bhajadhvam: “You just be obedient to Bharata. Don’t try to rule independently, because if you follow the principles of Bharata Maharaja, that will satisfy the citizens, not ruling over independently.” We have practical examples. At the present moment there are three dozen minister, four dozen secretaries, and two dozen governors and so on, so on. But there is no peace. There is no peace because they are missing the central point, the central point, Krsna. Krsna says personally He has come personally to inform us the real situation. He says, sarva-loka mahesvaram: “I am the proprietor of all planets.” So accept this principle, that “Krsna is the proprietor, and we are all sons of Krsna.” Krsna claims. Krsna never said that “I am Indian,” “I am Hindu,” or “I am Uttar Pradeshiya.” No. He never says. He says, sarva-yonisu kaunteya sambhavanti murtayoyah tasam mahad yonir brahma aham bija-pradah pita [Bg. 14.4] “I am the father not only of the human society, but I am the father of other forms of life.” There are different forms of life, 8,400,000 forms of life. They are all sons of Krsna. It may be a small ant or he may be exalted personality like Lord Brahma. Everyone. So if we know the Krsna science, then we can understand it. This universal brotherhood, that we all, in different forms of life we are all sons of the Supreme Lord, supreme father… He says in another place, mamaivamso jiva-bhutah: [Bg. 15.7] “All the jivas, they are My part and…” Just like the son is part and parcel of the body of the father, similarly, we are also sons, everyone, of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. And if you are really advanced in knowledge, then panditah sama-darsinah [Bg. 5.18] Then you are actually pandita, not falsely to be called pandita and number one fool. That is not pandita. Panditah sama-darsinah. The defect of the modern civilization is that there is no pandita. All rascals. All rascals. Therefore they have demarcated, “This is India,” “This is America.” No. Everything belongs to Krsna. Then there will be peace. If in the United Nation they simply pass one resolution with determination, that “The whole planet belongs to Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we are all His sons,” there is no trouble. There is no scarcity. Krsna has created this world in such a way that there is no question of starvation in any part of the world. There is no question. Sufficient. Purnam idam [Isopanisad, Invocation]. There is no question of starvation. But because we have rebelled against the principle of universal brotherhood we are all suffering. I have several times said that there are ample space. There is no question of scarcity. Ample space. I am traveling all over the world. So much space lying vacant in America, in Africa, Australia. Why the Chinese or the Indians should be congested, overpopulation? But they will not allow. “It is my country.” “Have you got visa?” immigration. “Yes, I have got.” “All right, three months. Then get out.” This is going on. Because they are rascals, they are falsely claiming, “This is my country. This is my property. Nobody can come here.” This is a dog’s philosophy. Just like the dogs. They have selected one neighborhood, and three, four dogs, they live peacefully. Not peacefully—they also fight amongst them. But if another dog comes, immediately the four, five dogs will attack: “Why you have come here? Why you have come here? Gow! Gow! Gow!” So this kind of so-called immigration department means dog’s department. They are maintained for checking the human life. Why there should be immigration? We are all brothers. Why you should stop? It is my father’s property. It is your father’s property. India was like that. The foreigners took advantage of India’s simplicity, magnanimity. They came here, the Muhammadans and the Christians, to exploit it. But India was very much magnanimous. Anyone who comes—“Yes, come here. Learn Vedic literature.” The India’s philosophy is grham satrum api praptam visvastam akutobhayam. That is India’s philosophy. “Even the enemy comes to your place, you should receive him so nicely that he will forget that he is your enemy.” That is India’s philosophy. Grham satrum api praptam. What to speak of friend, even if you get your enemy, you shall receive him. That is India’s hospitality. In the fight… We have got incidences in the history. There was fight, Kurus and the Pandavas, but in the evening time they were friends. Evening time, there is no animosity. Just like Arjuna went to Duryodhana. Duryodhana criticized as grandfather. Grandfather is sometimes criticized by the grandsons. It is not an offense. You cannot criticize superiors, but between grandfather and grandchildren the relation is different. The grandfather also criticizes the grandchildren. So Duryodhana criticized Bhismadeva, “My dear grandfather, you have got affection for the Pandavas. Then you are not fighting sincerely. You have been appointed the commander-in-chief, but out of your affection you are neglecting your duty.” Indirectly he said. So old grandfather became little angry. “What do you want?” “No, can finish them in one day. Why you are taking so much time?” “All right, I shall finish today. Tomorrow I shall do that. At least I shall finish Arjuna tomorrow. Either his intimate friend Krsna will have to break His promise or His friend will die. You’ll see tomorrow.” Because Krsna said, “Arjuna, I am joining you, but I shall not fight. Do you want Me?” Still, Arjuna said, “Yes, I want You. You don’t fight.” And Duryodhana saw Krsna divided, one side Himself and another side His eighteen aksauhini military force. So Duryodhana thought that “Better let me take the forces. If Krsna does not fight, what shall I do with Him? Better take His forces.” So Duryodhana accepted the military force, and Arjuna accepted Krsna, with the promise that “I shall not fight. So I shall become your charioteer.” So Arjuna, Krsna, and Pitamaha, the Grandfather Bhismadeva, this is the scene. Now Bhismadeva has promised. Bhismadeva knew that “Arjuna cannot be killed. I will show Duryodhana that I am not partial. He is not to be killed.” Yesam pase janardanah. Jayas tu pandu-putranam yesam pakse janardanah. “Nobody can kill them. But this rascal is criticizing me, so I shall show tomorrow.” So he made five weapons to kill the five brothers, and he said that “I am keeping these five arrows to kill the five brothers tomorrow. Don’t worry. Sleep nicely.” So Krsna could understand that “This arrangement has been done.” So Krsna reminded Arjuna that “Duryodhana wanted to give you some benediction, being pleased upon you. Now you go there and take the five weapons from him.” So when My point is that how the fighting was in a sporting spirit. So Arjuna, when came to the camp of Duryodhana, Duryodhana well received him: “Yes, my dear brother, come. What do you want? Why you have come?” “Now, you promised something to give me. I have come to take that.” “Yes, I will give you. You want without fight the kingdom? Take it immediately. You want that?” “No, no, no. I don’t want that. Fighting must go on. That is not I have not come to beg you that. We shall I have come to take that weapons which you have kept.” Immediately he delivered. He kept the safety for killing them, and because he has come to beg “A ksatriya should not beg, but he is begging? All right, take it.” This is India. This is India’s civilization. And the next day also, Bhismadeva fought so vigorously that Arjuna was going to be killed. His chariot broken, his everything was torn. Then Krsna… You have seen the picture. Then Krsna came with a broken wheel to kill Bhismadeva, and Bhismadeva immediately stopped: “Yes, my now promise is fulfilled. Yes, my dear Sir, You have broken Your promise. You promised not to fight, not to… Now, at the present moment, to give protection to Your friend, You have now broken. Yes.” So Krsna can do that. Krsna, He can do everything to give protection to His friend and devotee. He can do, break His promise. Therefore in the Bhagavad-gita Krsna says, kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati. He does not promise personally, because He might sometimes break His promise. He is asking Arjuna, “You promise so that your promise will be kept always. I shall see to that.” This is the philosophy. So if we actually formulate peace formula, then everything is possible. Simply we have to accept the instruction of Krsna. Our Krsna consciousness movement is for this purpose. We are simply requesting to accept the Krsna philosophy. Then the whole world will be peaceful. There is no doubt about it. bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram suhrdam sarva-bhutanam jnatva mam santim rcchati [Bg. 5.29] These rascals, their mentality is like the dogs, and they are making United Nation. A dog can be united? Is it possible? No. You bring several dozens of best dog and ask them, “Please live peacefully. We shall give you food, everything.” It is not in their capacity to live peacefully. So even there is already ample economic development, sufficiency, but because the mentality is doggish, the so-called farce of United Nation, they are fighting with one another. It is not possible. So without Krsna consciousness everything will be failure. Therefore Bharata Maharaja, er, Rsabhadeva Maharaja is advising that “You concentrate your service to Bharata.” [break] …it is advised to a brahmana that if, when that time comes, you can come to the position of a ksatriya or even up to vaisya, but never to the position of a sudra. This is dog’s business. They are… At the present moment everyone is being trained up to become sudra, dogs. High education, big, big degrees, but if the dog is not appointed by a master, his all qualification useless. Therefore it is doggish civilization. And Aryan civilization means brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. Sudra means one who cannot live independently—he has to depend on some master—he’s a sudra. That’s all. The brahmana should live by education, by knowledge. Everyone will honor them. They will give advice to the sudras, er, to the ksatriyas. When Parasurama killed eleven…, twenty-one times all the ksatriyas, his father chastised him that “This is not the business of a brahmana. My dear son, you are so angry, you have killed all the ksatriyas and you have killed Kartaviryarjuna by anger. Oh, you have done great sinful activities. It is not the business of the brahmana. Therefore you should retire for some time and go to holy places to counteract your sinful activities.” This was spoken to Parasurama by his father. So there must be division. A brahmana can kill anyone simply by words. He is so powerful. But he does not do that. When Visvamitra was disturbed by Taraka Raksasi in the forest, he came to Dasaratha Maharaja for help. He could kill that Taraka Raksasi simply by his word, but he would not do that. This is not brahmana’s business. He wanted to take the help of a ksatriya and kill the raksasi. Ksatriya can kill. Brahmana can take charity. A ksatriya can exact taxes, and vaisya be engaged in producing food grains. Krsi goraksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhava-jam [Bg 18.44] This is civilization. Aryan civilization means the division must be there. Krsna personally says, catur-varnyam maya srstam guna-karma [Bg. 4.13]. The varnasrama must be there because the whole aim is how to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because the Supreme Personality of Godhead has to be satisfied. On account of our rebellious attitude towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we are suffering in this material world. Just like any citizen rebellious to the laws of God or laws of the government, he is put into the prisonhouse. Similarly, we are all sons and subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and when we become rebellious, “Ah, what is God? What is Krsna…?” Vimudhan kartaham iti manyate. Prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah, ahankara-vimudhatma [Bg. 3.27]. All these rascals who are godless, they are rebellious. They must suffer. The prakrti is there. Prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih… krsna bhuliya jiva bhoga vancha kare pasate maya tare japatiya dhare As soon as you become rebellious to Krsna, immediately maya is there, just like as soon as you become rebellious the government laws, immediately you are under the police custody. There are two things: government and the police. So you cannot escape. It is… When you think that “I can escape God’s ruling. I can deny the existence of God,” that is your foolishness. Mudha. Na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah [Bg. 7.15]. These rascals, they are not only sinful but also lowest of the mankind, who denies the existence of God, godless, the so-called, so many parties. They want to improve by becoming godless. Among the scientists it is a great sin to utter even the name of God. They will say, “Oh, you are talking of God. You are not scientist.” Is it not? Yes. Scientist means you must be godless. This is going on. Therefore we are making so much propaganda against these rascal scientists. We are presenting… They are putting this theory that life is born out of chemicals. We are putting the counter theory: “No. Life is born of life, never from chemicals.” Our scientist students, they are writing the book, you know. And so our proposition is: anyone against the authority of God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we must strongly criticize him and take to task. This is our business. Just like Hanuman, Vajrangaji. He took very severely to punish Ravana. What was the fault? He was godless. He was against Rama. Therefore he took it very seriously and set fire to his beautiful kingdom, Lanka. So, of course, Hanumanji never did it for his personal. They were monkeys, not even human being. They did not want. The monkeys did not want such nice city. But for Ramacandra… Similarly, our principle should be that we can utilize everything, but not for our sense gratification, but for Krsna. That should be the motive of Krsna conscious people. And try to educate people to become Krsna conscious so that actually they become happy. Thank you very much. (end)
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Vrndavana, November 8, 1976