Prabhupada was a bit surprised "Achha?" Then he said that previously the government was capturing the monkeys in Vrndavana and selling them at a good price for medical purposes in Europe, until people protested. "The monkey's hormone is injected or replaced so one regains his sex power," he said. "They are very sexually strong."
Harikesa asked whether that interfered with the spiritual life of the monkey, since they would not be able to die in Vrndavana.
But Prabhupada said that everything was being done by superior arrangement. "Karmana daiva-netrena. People should learn all these things by practical example instead of becoming irresponsible and without any obedience to the superior law. They should learn it, but they have no intelligence. They think, 'We are all free.' Wherefrom the monkey is coming, why there are so many varieties of life? What do they know? Nothing. All bluff, vague explanation, and that is going on in the name of science. This is the position. All rascals. Fortunately we have got this Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita -- all knowledge, first-class knowledge."
He said that by studying sastra, we can understand Krsna's true position as the eternal enjoyer of everything. "For Him, everything anandamayo 'bhyasat, everything ananda. He has no such thing that 'this is harmful,' 'this is useful.' That is Krsna. Because nobody can do harm to Him, and neither in the spiritual world anyone is harmful; everyone is advanced devotee. Even tigers, they are also devotees."
We were a little surprised to hear there were tigers in the spiritual world, but Prabhupada said all varieties of life are there.
"They have tigers and serpents and everything like that?" I asked.
Prabhupada tipped his head in affirmation. "Everything. They are all devotees."
Harikesa wondered if there were dogs and hogs.
Prabhupada said yes. "But they are not hog. Just like Krsna appears as hog, but that doesn't mean He's hog. Krsna appears as fish; that does not mean He's fish."
- From "A Transcendental Diary Vol 4" by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu
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