Vyasa-puja offering to my eternal Spiritual Master Srila Prabhupada who was born on this day in 1896 (126 years ago) celebrated this year on August 20th 2022.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krsna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvatî Gosvâmî. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanya deva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
Sri Krsna Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivas adi gaura bhakta vrinda.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
Again, thank you Srila Prabhupada for bringing the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Krsna to the Western world 57 years ago (1965).
You have taught us that Krsna only comes once as His original Vrindavana form at the end of a Dvāpara-yuga in every day of Brahma (once every 8 billion 640 million human years)
And Kṛṣṇa also comes as the combination of Radharani and Krsna, known as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, also just once in a day of Lord Brahma in the Kali-yuga just after Krsna's appearance at the end of a Dvāpara yuga in Brahma's day.
There are many, many expansions of Krsna from Lord Ramacandra to Lord Narsingadeva, etc, but Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya have special significance.
Krsna appears as His original Vrindavana form (via His Visnu-tattva expansion because the original Krsna never leaves Vṛndāvana), and then Lord Caitanya, who is the most merciful Lord, comes to save the most fallen souls in the following Kali-yuga just after Krsna's appearance.
Both come only once every 8 billion 640 million human years.
In Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 5, text 13, purport, the Lord says (from Bhagavad gītā (4.7)
yadā yadā hi dharmasya
glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya
tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself."
Whenever Kṛṣṇa comes, once in a day of Brahmā, He comes to the house of Nanda Mahārāja in Vṛndāvana. Kṛṣṇa is the master of all creation (sarva loka maheśvaram (BG 5.29).
Therefore, not only in the neighbourhood of Nanda Mahārāja's estate, but all over the universe—and in all the other universes—musical sounds celebrated the auspicious arrival of the Lord."
Srila Prabhupada - "Now is the term of Vaivasvata Manu, during which Lord Caitanya appears.
First Lord Kṛṣṇa appears at the close of the Dvāpara yuga of the twenty-eighth divya yuga, and then Lord Caitanya appears in the Kali-yuga of the same divya-yuga.
Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya appear once in each day of Brahmā, or once in fourteen manv-antaras, each of seventy-one divya yugas in duration.
From the beginning of Brahmā’s day of 4,320,000,000 years, six Manus appear and disappear before Lord Kṛṣṇa appears.
Thus, 1,975,320,000 years of the day of Brahmā elapse before the appearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa. This is an astronomical calculation according to solar years." (CC Adi 3.10, Purport)
Srila Prabhupāda - "The undifferentiated Absolute Truth, the original Supreme Personality, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, incarnates in this material world once in every day of Lord Brahmā—that is once every 8,640,000,000 solar years—to shower His mercy upon both His surrendered devotees and the atheistic nondevotees.
He protects His devotees and slays the atheistic demons, thus giving the latter troublesome release, so to speak, in impersonal liberation. The Bhagavad gītā, on the other hand, teaches liberation through devotional service to the Supreme Lord.
The only way to obtain this devotional service is to take full shelter of the spiritual authority, the guru, who is coming in the line of a proper disciplic succession.
Those who toil without worshiping the spiritual master will find that all their endeavors are futile." (Renunciation Through Wisdom 4.5)
Srila Prabhupada - "Actually this is exhibited when Kṛṣṇa came. Kṛṣṇa comes here, God in His original form, in one day of Brahmā. These are very long, long narration, but first of all try to understand yourself.
What is your nature? Then you will understand God automatically.
Or if you are so advanced that you can understand God, then you can understand your nature also.
Just like God is gold mine, and I am a gold ring. So the chemical composition of the gold ring and the chemical composition of the gold mine, the same. This is the position.
Qualitatively we are one. Quantitatively we are different. Quantity, God's quantity, God's power, God's opulence, God's riches, God's beauty, God's wisdom, they are very, very, very, very great than ours.
That is the difference between God and us.
Now try to understand your constitutional position. Don't think that after this body is finished, or we meet death, then everything is finished, as it is going on.
The greatest mistake, the world is going on, on the mistaken platform. They do not know what is going to happen after death. There is no education. There is no department of knowledge in the universities, what is going to happen after death." (Lecture - BG, Ch 4 text 1, Delhi, Nov 10, 1971)
Srila Prabhupada - "Just like we have got a fixed time for the sunrise. Everyone knows that in the morning at 6:30 there will be sunrise. That is certain.
Similarly, in the śāstras there is description when Kṛṣṇa comes down, descends in this universe. In one day of Brahmā at the end of Dvāpara-yuga... Brahmā's days are described in the Bhagavad-gītā, sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ (BG 8.17).
Forty-three lakhs of years multiplied by one thousand becomes one day of Brahmā. So forty-three lakhs thousand times, add another forty-three lakhs times thousand—this is the period after which Kṛṣṇa comes."(Lecture - BG, Ch 13 text 3, Hyderabad, April 19, 1974)
Srila Prabhupāda - "So Kṛṣṇa comes after this period, after one day of Brahma, He appears."
Devotee - "Śrīla Prabhupāda, does Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu also appear every day of Brahma?"
Srila Prabhupāda - "Yes, following Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa comes in the Dvāpara yuga. There are four periods of each yuga: Sattva, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali. So Kṛṣṇa comes at the end of Dvāpara yuga, and Caitanya Mahāprabhu comes in the Kali-yuga."
(Lecture - SB Canto 6 Ch 1 text 3, Melb, May 22, 1975)
Srila Prabhupada - "So Kṛṣṇa comes. Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata, tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham (BG 4.7)
This is the process. Every living entity is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. He belongs to the Kṛṣṇa's family. Kṛṣṇa's family.
This is our original position. Vṛndāvana means whole Kṛṣṇa's family. Even the birds, beast, trees, plants, water—all belong to the Kṛṣṇa's family.
Therefore anything in Vṛndāvana is as good as Kṛṣṇa. Even the dust of Vṛndāvana is as good as Kṛṣṇa. This is the philosophy, Absolute Truth.
So Kṛṣṇa, out of His causeless mercy, He comes. At a certain interval during one day of Brahma, He comes. He exhibits His līlā, that "Anyone who desires to go back to home, back to Godhead, they can enjoy with Me like this." This is Kṛṣṇa's mission.
Why you are playing here and suffering this māyā's play? Come to the real play." This is Kṛṣṇa's mission. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti kaunteya (BG 4.9). Kṛṣṇa comes: "Just try to understand Me, why I come." (Lecture - SB Canto 6 Ch 2.16, Vrndavana, Sept 19, 1975)
Thank you Srila Prabhupada for all this wonderful knowledge all found in your Books, letters, morning walk discussions, and room conversations you gave us when you were physical present.
Thank you for guiding me through different times, and always having faith in you to keep me on the path back home back to Godhead.
All glories to you Srila Prabhupada, my eternal Spiritual Master.
Your fallen servant, yet always aspiring to find ways to serve and please you more - Gauragopala dasa.
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