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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1974

Chapters

Invocation and the role of Hanuman

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Śrī Gadādhara, Śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare.

Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Sajjana, vṛndā-mātā, hindī meṁ bolne meṁ zyādā abhyās nahīṁ hai. Hanumānjī kā nām, Hanumānjī kī bhajana, jo hamlog kā guru hai, bhajana.

Hamārī sampradāya, yadyapi Hanumānjī mānuṣa-sambandhī nahīṁ the, tathāpi unhoṁne Bhagavān Rāmacandra kī vikhyāta sevā kī, isliye Vaiṣṇava-paramparā se Hanumānjī bhī guru māne jāte haiṁ.

Physical strength and divine service

So Hanumānjī prasiddha kyoṁ hue? Unkī prasiddhi isliye hai, kyoṁki śārīrika bal thā, us śārīrika bal se Bhagavān Rāmacandra kī sevā kī. The Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa consciousness ek tarah se nyāya aur tarāzū hai.

Bhagavān vyakti haiṁ, jīva haiṁ. Bhagavān Rāmacandra vikhyāta haiṁ aur Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa vikhyāta haiṁ, unhoṁne jo Bhagavad-gītā meṁ batāyā: paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām, paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām.

Sādhu-rakṣaṇa, dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya.

Social order and the Vedic system

This is a government hai. Government. Duṣṭoṁ kā damana kartā hai aur śiṣṭoṁ kā pālana kartā hai. Isī prakāra Bhagavān kā yahī kām hai, duṣṭoṁ kā damana karnā aur śiṣṭoṁ kā pālana karnā, paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca.

Jinkā vicār ulṭā hai, pahle ek sajjan hamse pūch rahe the ki yah jo Hare Kṛṣṇa movement kī bāt, bhakti-kīrtana karnā, aur adhik bal kā vānaprastha.

Bhārata-varṣa meṁ do laṛāī huī: Rāma-Rāvaṇa, aur Kurukṣetra. Ye donoṁ laṛāī meṁ, jo vīra haiṁ, Hanumānjī aur Arjuna, ye sab vīra bhakta haiṁ. Glāni āgatā hai, usko damana karne ke liye bal kā upayog kiyā jātā hai.

Bhagavad-gītā, Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra bhī jab śānti aur rādhā-bhāva se, Rāvaṇa jaise durdānta rākṣasa, uske sāth laṛāī vikāsa.

Ismeṁ śārīrika bal kis tarah se prayog hotā hai, ye sab śikṣā hai, śāstra yahī śikhāte haiṁ, ki bal kis tarah se prayog karnā cāhiye. Bhagavān kī sevā meṁ, uh, tab vah sārthaka hogā.

Hamāre śarīra kā niyam hai, bhāgavata meṁ batāyā: mastaka is kī bhī zarūrat hai, hāth kī bhī zarūrat hai, pair kī bhī zarūrat hai, peṭ kā bhī jarūrat hai, khālī peṭ hī peṭ rahe, kevala mastaka hī mastaka rahe...

Citta kā jarūrat, isliye Bhagavān, kutra batā, catur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ. To ye vāmana-śālā, jīvana-vyāyāma. Śālā sārī kā puruṣa-karṇa jo thā, niṣedha mānasā.

Rāya-karṇa kṣatriya yuddha-pālayaṁ kṣatriya. Jo hai vallaika sāmne parantu. Cāhe brāhmaṇa ho, cāhe kṣatriya ho, cāhe vaiśya ho, cāhe śūdra ho, isme koī saṁśaya nahīṁ, sabko Bhagavān kī sevā me lagānā cāhiye.

Tabhī parpāchi, ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ. Vacana hai Śuddha Sūta Gosvāmī, bhāgavata-re brāhmaṇa-paṇḍita kā. Sabhā me Naimiṣāraṇya ek bahut bhārī sabhā huī, ek hazār varṣa tak calā thā.

Vah sabhā me Sūta Gosvāmī ye siddhānta diyā. Ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ. Samāja me, mānuṣa samāja me varṇāśrama jarūr honā cāhiye.

Human society and spiritual perfection

Nahīṁ to animal society, paśu ke samāna. To paśu ke samāna me koī ādmī sukhī nahīṁ ho saktā. Mānuṣa kā samāna nahīṁ hai. To mānuṣa samāja me ye cāhiye, jarūr honā cāhiye, varṇāśrama-dharma.

Varṇāśrama: cār varṇa, cār āśrama. Brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra — cār varṇa vidhāna. Paśu samāna ye varṇāśrama-dharma pālana karnā, ye bhakti hai. Again, it's a question of varṇāśrama. Kavicāra bahut jarūrī usme.

Bhagavat-uttama jarūrī hai śāstra-pāṭha. O varṇāśrama-bhajana hai, apnā-apnā kām karo. Brāhmaṇa kā kām karo, kṣatriya kā kām karo, vaiśya kā kām karo, śūdra kā kām karo, brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsī.

Uddeśya kyā? Ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ, svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam. Saṁsiddhi, perfection, siddhi lābh karne ke liye.

Sab cīz kā ek saṁsiddhi hai. Vah saṁsiddhi nahīṁ hai to kyā? Kevala pariśrama, sitting on it. We become its business after profit on it. Profit keval ghaṭā, but it's some kind of some

vibhāga hai iska. Saṁsiddhi kyā? Saṁsiddhi, hari-toṣaṇam. Saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam. Only the sṛṣṭa-varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ svanuṣ- ṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam. To vyāyāma kiyā,

niyama se kiyā, śarīr ko balavān banāyā, vijayī banāyā. Bhakti, u bal jaha, prayojan kyā? Bhagavān kī santuṣṭi.

Aur kuch bhī hamārā sādhana, bahut bal hai, guṇavān hai, deśa ko sahāyatā, pariśrama hai, jīvat, jo kuch bhī kiyā, usko saṁsiddhi, siddhi lābh karne ke liye cāhiye, u honā cāhiye Bhagavān ke liye, hari-toṣaṇam. Bhagavān ko santoṣa karnā cāhiye.

Satya, the first one is śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam, ye uddiṣṭa prāṇa se ho, dhyāna se ho, buddhi se ho, bhakti se ho, Hari-toṣaṇa, Bhagavān kī sevā.

Education and performing prescribed duties

School ek hotā, Europe, uh, varṇāśrama, just engineering school hotā, college hotā, medical school hotā, college hotā, or branch, department of knowledge. Isī prakār brāhmaṇa kā bhī school, college hotā thā.

Brāhmaṇa, isī prakār kṣatriya kā bhī, jaise kṣatriyo kā, kisī prakār vaiśya kā bhī honā cāhiye, quality, guṇa se hotā, guṇo ke anusār vibhāga thā, guṇo ke anusār kām hai, jaise doctor.

Sab doctor, ek pāsa kariyā, or doctor kā kām alag kyā, operation kā kām kiyā, aur kuch khāne ko diyā, to usko doctor hī kaheṅge na? Doctor kā guṇa honā cāhiye aur doctor kā kām.

Sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ. To saṁsiddhi labh karne ke liye, uh, varṇāśrama vibhāga, vibhājan kyoṅ honā,

sab kām karne vāle, jo kām, jo kartā, or vo kām, Bhagavān kī sevā me lagāye, to usko saṁsiddhi. Uh, siddhi-labh karne ke liye. Uh, siddhi, siddhi, saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ. Tātparya,

yena sarvam idaṁ tatam, vo jo Bhagavān hai, unko santoṣa karke saṁsiddhi-labh kare.

Connecting with God through chanting

Well, sādhana ke sāth-sāth me, bhagavat-gītā me ghuṣne me āpko koī rukāvaṭ nahīṅ, usme āp Bhagavān se samparka banā rahe, or Bhagavān kā samparka means the same.

Sādhana sikhātā, sāth-sāth me usko Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra uccāraṇa kare, mārga ke liye, oh, usme Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra japte-japte, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, left, right. Whoa, but she does that. Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa.