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Los Angeles, May 11, 1970

 

(Prabhupäda and devotees chant Invocation and verses 1-7)

Prabhupäda: Again, from the beginning. (devotees repeat) Thank you very much. [break]

Apäpa-viddham [Éço 8]. This is most important part of this verse. No sin can pollute Kåñëa. There is nothing sinful for Kåñëa. How it is? The example is given generally, just like the sun. There is no contamination for the sun. There is no possibility of the sun being contaminated, or the sun being dark. This is a material thing. So how Kåñëa, the Supreme Lord, He can be contaminated by any kind of sinful action? God is good. There cannot be any sinful action. Sometimes less intelligent class of men, they criticize Kåñëa, "Why Kåñëa did it?" Yes, Kåñëa is God. He can do anything, whatever He likes. Your laws cannot restrict Kåñëa. You may... For you there may be so many restrictive laws, but for Kåñëa there is no restrictive law. He can surpass all restrictive regulations. This question was put to Parékñit Mahäräja after rasa-lélä that "Kåñëa came to establish the principles of moral and religious life. How He enjoyed the company of so many young girls who were not...? They were wives of other persons. So how it is so?" So the answer was given that Kåñëa cannot be contaminated. Rather, anything comes to Kåñëa, even with contaminated mind, becomes purified. The same example: the sun cannot be contaminated, but anything contaminated, if you put into the sunshine, it becomes purified. So you approach Kåñëa with any desire... Akämaù sarva-kämo vä [SB 2.3.10]. The gopés... Of course, that is not this material thing. Still, as young girls, they were captivated by the beauty of Kåñëa. So they approached Kåñëa with a view to accept Him as parmour. But actually, they became purified.

So some way or other, if we can develop our Kåñëa consciousness, then immediately we become purified. That is the process. Kåñëa gives chance to everyone. Just like Kaàsa. Kaàsa was thinking of Kåñëa. He was also Kåñëa conscious, always thinking of Kåñëa, "Oh, how shall I find out Kåñëa? I shall kill Him." That was his business. That is the asuric mentality. Äsurià bhävam äçritäù. But he also became purified. He got salvation. The same example again: somehow or other, if you come to the sunlight, you become purified and you get warmth. Not that sun becomes contaminated by you. No. That is not possible. Sun is so powerful that even you are contaminated... You cannot contaminate the sun. Tejéyasäà na doñäya [SB 10.33.29]. When one is very powerful, there is no contamination. Therefore here it is said, apäpa-viddhaà çuddham. Always purified, Kåñëa. This is also explained in the Bhagavad-gétä when Arjuna accepted Kåñëa, paraà dhäma pavitraà paramaà bhavän: "You are the supreme pure." Pavitraà paramam.



So same thing is here. The Vedic literature is not contradictory. Whatever you find in Brahma-saàhitä, the same thing you'll find in Éçopaniñad, the same thing you'll find Bhagavad-gétä, same thing you'll find in other Vedic literature. It is our misunderstanding that we, sometimes we cannot understand. Otherwise, it is always the same truth spoken everywhere.

Thank you. Hare Kåñëa. Chant. (kértana) (end)


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