TEACHINGS OF LORD KAPILA-The Son of Devahuti
Chapter 12; Association With the Supreme Lord through
Hearing
Text 27; Translation and Purport continued........
In Goloka Vrndavana, the living entities are serving Krsna as friends, cowherd boys, gopis, lovers, fathers, mothers and so on. Even the trees, water, flowers, land, calves and cows serve Krsna in Goloka Vrndavana. This is also our business, but somehow or other we do not like to serve Krsna; therefore we have been put into the service of maya, in the three modes of material nature. When a criminal does not like to obey the laws of the state, he is placed into prison and forced to abide by the laws. Our constitutional position is to render service to Krsna as His part and parcel, and as soon as we refuse to render Him service, maya is immediately there to capture us and say, "Serve me". It is not our nature to become master. Even if we become master, we will not be happy, because that is artificial. For instance, if the hand thinks, "Oh, now I have some nice sweets. Now I can eat", the hand will ultimately be frustrated. It is the duty and nature of the hand to place the food in the mouth. In this way the hand is nourished; otherwise everything is spoiled. Similarly, we are part and parcel of Krsna, and our business is to satisfy Krsna. From the Vedas we understand that God, who is one, has become many. We are the many parts and parcels of Krsna. Svamsas are His personal expansions, and we are His differential expansions, vibhinnamsas. In any case, all expansions are meant to serve Krsna. This is explained in the Caitanya caritamrta (Adi. 5.142): ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya. Lord Krsna alone is the supreme controller, and all others are His servants.
It is our natural propensity to enjoy ourselves with Krsna. As stated before, Krsna is ananda-maya, and being part and parcel of Krsna, we are also ananda-maya. Now we are seeking ananda (bliss) in different atmospheres. Because we have a little independence, we have decided to go to the prison house of material nature and try to serve our senses instead of Krsna. Now we have to learn how to forget to serve this material nature, and that process is bhakti-marga, the path of devotional service. When we come to the understanding that we are actually no one's servant but Krsna's, we atain self-realization. We must come to this understanding not by sentiment but by real knowledge. After many births and deaths, when one realizes that vasudevah sarvam iti-- Vasudeva is all-- he surrenders unto Krsna. This is real knowledge-- jnana and vairagya, knowledge and detachment from material things. [To be continued........]
[Translation and purport by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedantaswami Prabhupada- Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness reproduced herein by this menial servant.]
All glories to the lotus feet of acarya Srila Prabhupada!
Vande Guroh Sricharanaravindam! Hare Krsna!
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